Meanings
blain1
Blain2
plural Blains
- A surname.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-“to swell up”
- Proto-Germanic*blajinǭ
- Old Englishbleġen
- Middle Englishblein
- Englishblain
From Middle English blein, from Old English bleġen, bleġene, from Proto-Germanic *blajinǭ, *blajjinǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell up”). Cognate with West Frisian blein (“blain”), Dutch blein, blegn (“blain”), Middle Low German bleine (“blain”). Related also to dialectal Norwegian bleime (“blister”), Old Swedish blēma (“blister”), French bleime (“an inflammation of a horse's hoof”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пришка
- пришка (priška)skin swelling or sore
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blain
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Cite this entry
blain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blain
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