verb
blin
Blin (verb) means (archaic) To stop doing something; to give up an action.
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(archaic) To stop doing something; to give up an action.
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Etymology
Blin traces back through Middle English blinnen to Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), which came from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), in turn from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); it is equivalent to be- + lin. It is cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”) and Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.
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What is the meaning of blin?
"blin" (verb) means (archaic) To stop doing something; to give up an action.
What is another word for blin?
Other words for "blin" include stop.
