A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1475-1599
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Blin, Blyn, v. Also: bline, blyne; p.t. blan (blynnit). [ME. blin (bline), blyn (blyne), early blinnen, OE. blinnan. In both Eng. and Sc. only in poetry, and commonly as a rhyme-word.]
1. intr. To cease, stop, come to a stop or end.a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 880.
Wa, that can nocht blyne a1400 Ib. iv. 324.
Follow thai bese [= oxen], till thai blyne Of thar awne wil 1535 Stewart 6897.
He … wald no langer blyn Quhill that he come … to Corymyn 1535 Ib. 7108.
The bugillis wald not blin a1568 Bannatyne MS 217 b/46.
Se in hir serwice thow nocht blin 1594 Battle of Balrinnes ix. in Dalyell Sc. Poems 16th Cent. 349.
He that thocht not for to blyne
b. In phr. or I (etc.) blin, or he (etc.) wald blin.a1400 Legends of the Saints xix. 15.
I sal tel ȝow, or I blyne, The legeand a1400 Ib. xlvi. 140.
Wil thu thole me, ore thou blyne c1420 Wynt. ii. 910.
And, quhare I left, now to begyn, I have in purpos, or I blyne c1420 Ib. iv. 558.
Drink thi fill now or thow blyn c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 422.
Till him thai raid onon, or thai wald blyne c1475 Ib. iii. 269.
He will do mair, … or that he blyne a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 822.
Thay … Baft on thair basnetis thay beirnes or thay blan a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 2158.
The man past on or he wald blyn 1535 Stewart 18038.
Octauio … or he wald langer blyn [etc.] 15.. Clariodus iv. 579.
Unto the king he raid or he wald bline
c. Const. of, fra, or with infinitive.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxx. 180.
Lat be, lefe, & of bale blyne a1500 Henr. III. 147/44.
The wand of Aaron … to burioun nocht blynnis a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 807.
In tyme [he] suld blyn fra balefull brukilnes a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 525.
Than blynnit the emprys of hir baile c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 428.
Full oft I blenk by my buke, & blynis of deuotioun 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 177.
Ȝhe that lyst of ȝour palȝardry nevir blyn 1513 Ib. viii. Prol. 23.
That bern is best can nocht blyn Wrangwys gudis to wyn 1535 Stewart 27229.
Fra blude and battell I sall neuir blin, Quhill [etc.] a1568 Scott ii. 115.
Sym to haif bargan cowld nocht blin
2. tr. To cause to cease, bring to an end.a1500 Golagros and Gawane 1210.
This berne full of bewte, that all my baill blan
