bleynte

Middle English

Verb

bleynte

1. past participle of blenchen
   • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. The Knight's Tale: 219-21.

     He cast his eye upon Emelya,
     And therwithal he bleynte, and cryede "A!"
     As though he stongen were unto the herte.

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References

• “bleynte”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.