A-blendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-blendan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: a. To blind, make blind, darken, stupify;

Definitions

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.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛒᛚᛖᚾᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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