blian

I

the flank, groin, Irish bléin, Early Irish blén, Old Irish melen, for mleen, *mlakno-; Greek $$Gmalakós, soft (Strachan, Stokes). The meaning, if not the phonetics, is not quite satisfactory.

II

lean, insipid, blianach, lean flesh; cf. Welsh blin, tired, Old Breton blinion, inertes. These may be referred to *$$gleghno-, Lithuanian glez$$?nus, tender, weak, Greek $$Gblchrós, languid. See, however, the derivation suggested for blian, above. For the Brittonic words, Stokes has suggested the stem blêno-; Sanskrit glána, tired.