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blind

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§96; §217; §285; §292; §423; §424; §426; §440;
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  • Ic wæs blind bám eágum,

    • Hml. Th. i. 422, 7
      • :
    • Bt. 38, 5
      • ;
    • F. 206, 26
      • .

  • Palpo

    ic grápige;

    hic palpo

    ðes blinda mann,

    hujus palponis

    ðyses blindan,

    • Ælfc. Gr. Z. 216, 10
      • .
(Dele the rendering in Dict.)
figurative,
of persons
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  • Ðá dysegan men sint ǽlces dómes blinde,

    • Bt. 32, 3
      • ;
    • F. 118, 22
      • .

  • Hé hét hí búgan tó his blindum godum,

    • Hml. S. 25, 217
      • .
of passion, &c.
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  • Blindre gyrninge

    caecae cupidatatis,

    • An. Ox. 5288
      • .

  • Þæs blindan lustes.

    • Bt. 7, 2
      • ;
    • F. 18, 3
      • .

  • Blindre fyrhto

    ceca formidine,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 81
      • .
of a place,
without light, dark
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  • On blindum scræfe

    in carcere caeca,

    • Dóm. L. 230
      • .

  • Sécað án blind cweartern, þǽr nán leóht ne mage inn,

    • Hml. S. 37, 176
      • .
not shining, dim [v. N. E. D. blind, 7]
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  • Blindum lígum

    caecis flammis,

    • Dóm. L. 241
      • .
hidden from sight [v. N. E. D. blind, 9]
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  • On blindan wyll; þanon on clǽnan splott,

    • C. D. B. iii. 336, 22
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blind (as in blind alley, v. N. E. D. blind, 11), closed at one end
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  • Blind þearm

    blind gut;

    cecum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 59
      • .
of a plant which is without some property,
not stinging (of a nettle-like plant) [v. N. E. D. blind, 12]
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  • Netel

    urtica,

    blind netel

    archangelica,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 79, 31
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  • Blinde netele,

    • An. Ox. 56, 402
      • .
Similar entries
v. stær-blind.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “blind.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40574.

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