blin
/blɪn/
"blin" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“blin” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
Corpus desk
Index EN-blin · blin · English
blin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /blɪn/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “blin” in English
Rare enough to double-check
blin is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /blɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.".
No misspelling variants are generated for blin in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Ol… The correct English form is blin, spelled B-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1To cease (from); to stop; to desist, to let up.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
nathemore for that spectacle bad, / Did th'other two their cruell vengeaunce blin [...].
One while the little foot page went, / And another while he ran; / Until he came to his journey's end / The little foot page never blan.
Etymology
From Middle English blinnen, from Old English blinnan (“to stop, cease”), from Proto-Germanic *bilinnaną (“to turn aside, swerve from”), from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, *leya- (“to deflect, turn away, vanish, slip”); equivalent to be- + lin. Cognate with Old High German bilinnan (“to yield, stop, forlet, give away”), Old Norse linna (Swedish dialectal linna, “to pause, rest”). See also lin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.