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a-blendan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-blendan, p. -blende, pl. -blendon; pp. -blended, -blend; v. a.
To blind, make blind, darken, stupify; cæcare
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  • Ða gyldenan stánas ablendaþ ðæs módes eágan

    the golden stones blind the mind's eyes,

    • Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 34
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  • Swá bióþ ablend so

    are blinded,

    • 38, 5; Fox 206, 1
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  • Ic sýne ablende bealo-þoncum

    I blinded their sight by baleful thoughts,

    • Exon. 72b; Th. 270, 22
    • ;
    • Jul. 469
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  • He ablende hyra eágan

    excæcavit oculos eorum.

    • Jn. Bos. 12, 40
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  • Ablended in burgum

    blinded as I am in these dwellings,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 155
    • ;
    • An. 78
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  • Wæs ablend

    was blinded,

    • Mk. Bos. 6, 52
    • :
    • Num. 14, 44
    • .
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v. blendan.
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v.  a-blændan a-blend a-blindan.
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