blandan

blandan

1. romanization of 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽

• blondan, blendan

From Proto-West Germanic *blandan, from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to mix, confound, blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ- (“to become turbid, see badly, be blind”). Cognate with Old Frisian blenda (“to mix”), Old Saxon blandan (“to mix, cloud”), Old High German blantan (“to mix, becloud”), Old Norse blanda (“to mix”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɑn.dɑn/

blandan

1. to blend
   • Exeter Book, riddle 40

     Iċ eom on gōman ġēna swētra
     þonne þū bēobrēad blende mid huniġe;

     I am sweeter still in the mouth
     than when you blend bee-bread with honey

2. to mix, mingle
3. to corrupt, make impure
4. to harass, disturb, trouble

• miscian
• menġan

• ġeblandan

• blendan
• blind

• Middle English: blenden, blanden, blonden
  • English: blend
  • Scots: bland
  • ⇒ Scots: blent (ppt)

blandan

1. inflection of blandir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative