Deáf

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

deáf

Add: I. deaf, without hearing:--Deáffra manna eáran, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 17. II. imperfect in some essential quality, sterile:--Se æker ðe bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra quae sterilem segetem gignit, Part. 411, 20. [Cf. Icel. daufr insipid; and see N. E. D. deaf, § 6.] deaf