Obs. Also blonden. [Common Teut. str. vb.: OE. blandan, blǫndan, pa. t. bléond, pple. blanden = OS. blandan, OHG. blantan, ON. (and Sw.) blanda, Goth. blandan, baibland, blandans, to mix. Only once exemplified in OE., and in ME. superseded by BLEND v.2 The two later instances here may be accidental; if genuine, they perh. represent the ON. rather than the OE. vb.] trans. To mix, intermingle, blend.
a. 1000. Riddles (Gr.), xli. 59. Swétra, þonne þu beobread blénde mid huniʓe.
c. 1340. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1931. Blande[n] al of blaunner were boþe al aboute.
c. 1420. Liber Cocorum, 24. Blonde hit with mylke and put alle in panne.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, III. ix. 83. Blude blandit with wyne.
