Old English Dictionary Entry

A-blendan

Related words: a. To blind, make blind, darken, stupify

Definitions

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1 a-blendan

p. -blende, pl. -blendon; pp. -blended, -blend; cæcare :-- Ða gyldenan stánas ablendaþ ðæs módes eágan the golden stones blind the mind's eyes, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 34. Swá bióþ ablend so are blinded, 38, 5; Fox 206, I. Ic sýne ablende bealo-þoncum I blinded their sight by baleful thoughts, Exon.72b; Th. 270, 22; Jul, 469. He ablende hyra eágan excæcavit oculos eorum. Jn. Bos. 12, 40. Ablended in burgum blinded as l am in these dwellings, Andr. Kmbl. 155; An. 78. Wæs ablend was blinded, Mk. Bos. 6, 52 : Num. 14, 44.

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Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛒᛚᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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