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physical,
of persons,
where faculty of vision is absent
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  • Hire eágan ðýstredon, ꝥ heó nǽnigne dǽl leóhtes scíman geseón mihte, Mid þý heó sum fæc on blindnesse wæs,

    • Bd. 4, 10
      • ;
    • Sch. 401, 12
      • .

  • Ofslegene (slegene, 29) mid blindnesse,

    • Bl. H. 153, 17
      • .
inability to see because of darkness
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  • Ðá ýttran þeóstru sind þæs líchaman blindnyssa wiðútan .. . Hé bið wiðútan áblend, and ǽlces leóhtes bedǽled,

    • Hml. Th. i. 132, 10
      • .
of darkness,
obscurity
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  • Ic wæs mid þá blindnesse þára þýstra útan betýned,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 621, 22
      • .
figurative,
of persons
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  • Hé þurh þá menniscan gecynd úre stefne blindnysse gehýreþ,

    • Bl. H. 19, 28
      • .

  • Eal þis mennisce cyn wæs on blindnesse, seoþþan þá ǽrestan men ásceofene wǽron of gefeán neorxna wanges,

    • 17, 14
      • .

  • Ðá inran þeóstru sind þæs módes blindnyssa wiðinnan,

    • Hml. Th. i. 130, 11.
of a condition
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  • Wé habbaþ nédþearfe ꝥ wé ongyton þá blindnesse úre ælþeódignesse,

    • Bl. H. 23, 2
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “blind-nes.” 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/40579.

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