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BLIND

  • adjective
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Grammar
BLIND, def. se blinda, seó, ðæt blinde; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §217; §285; §292; §423; §424; §426; §440;
BLIND, deprived of sight; cæcus
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  • Ðá wæs him broht án deófolseóc man, se wæs blind and dumb

    tunc oblatus est ei dæmonium habens, cæcus et mutus,

      Mt. Bos. 12, 22: Mk. Bos. 10, 46: Cd. 115; Th. 150, 13; Gen. 2491.

  • Ðæt ðú grápie on midne dæg, swá se blinda déþ on þistrum

    ut palpes in meridie, sicut palpare solet cæcus in tenebris,

      Deut. 28, 29: Mt. Bos. 23, 26.

  • Æt-hrán he ðæs blindan hand

    he took the hand of the blind [man],

      Mk. Bos. 8, 23.

  • Hwá gewothte mannes múþ oððe hwá geworhte dumne oððe deáfne and blindne oððe geseóndne

    quis fecit os hominis aut quis fabricatus est mutum et surdum, cæcum et videntem?

      Ex. 4, 11: Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 29; Ælf. Tod. 15.

  • Híg synt blinde, and blindra látteówas: se blinda, gyf he blindne lǽt, híg feallaþ begen on ǽnne pytt

    cæci sunt, et duces cæcorum: cæcus si cæco ducatum præstet, ambo in foveam cadunt,

      Mt. Bos. 15, 14: 9, 27: 20, 30: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr. Kmbl. 1162; An. 581.

  • Blinde on geþoncum

    blind in thoughts,

      Exon. 24 b; Th. 69, 28; Cri. 1127: Bt. Met. Fox 19, 59; Met. 19, 30.

  • Mæg wód man blindra manna eágan ontýnan

    numquid dæmonium potest cæcorum oculos aperire?

      Jn. Bos. 10, 21.

  • Manegum blindum he gesihþe forgeaf

    cæcis multis donavit visum,

      Lk. Bos. 7, 21: 4, 18.

  • Ðonne ðú gebeórscype dó, clypa þearfan, and wanhále, and healte, and blinde

    cum facis convivium, voca pauperes, debiles, claudos, et cæcos,

      Lk. Bos. 14, 13: Ps. Th. 145, 7.

  • Drihten onleóhteþ ða blindan [MS. blinden]

    Dominus illuminat cæcos,

      Ps. Lamb. 145, 8.

  • Eálá ge dysegan and blindan O ye foolish and blind, Mt. Bos. 23, 17, 19, 24. ¶ Blind slite or slyte a blind or inward wound, i.e.

    a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected;

    morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,
      Herb. 4, 12; Lchdm. i. 92, 25.

  • Seó blinde netele

    or netle the blind or dead nettle; archangelica [lamium album, Lin. ],

      Ælfc. Gl. 43; Som. 64, 51; Wrt. Voc. 31, 61: L. M. 1, 23; Lchdm. ii. 66, 4.

  • Blinda mann

    a parasite;

    palpo,
      Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 46, 47.

  • Blinde cweartern a blind or dark prison; cæcus vel tenebrosus carcer Gebrohton hí hine binnan ðam blindan cwearterne

    they brought him into the dark prison,

      Homl. Th. i. 416, 28.

  • Engel scínende ðæt blinde cweartern mid leóhte afylde

    a shining angel filled the dark prison with light,

    ii.
      382, 6.
Etymology
[O. Sax. blind: O. Frs. Dut. O. Dut. Ger. blind: M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. blint, gen. blindes: Goth. blinds: Dan. Swed. blind: Icel. blindr.]
Derived forms
DER. hyge-blind, mód-.
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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/4676.

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