adj. DEAF; surdus :-- Deáf surdus vel surdaster, Ælfc. Gl. 77; Som. 72, 21; Wrt. Voc. 45, 54. Ic swá swá deáf ne gehýrde ego tamquam surdus non audiēbam, Ps. Lamb. 37, 14. Eart ðú dumb and deáf thou art dumb and deaf, Exon. 99 a; Th. 370, 26; Seel. 65. Næddran deáfne aspĭdis surdæ, Ps. Lamb. 57, 5. Hwá geworhte dumne oððe deáfne quis fabricātus est mutum et surdum? Ex. 4, 11. Hí lǽddon him ǽnne deáfne and dumbne addūcunt ei surdum et mutum, Mk. Bos. 7, 32: Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 3; Rä. 50, 2. Anlíc nædran seó hí deáfe déþ like an adder which makes herself deaf, Ps. Th. 57, 4. Eálá deáfa and dumba gást surde et mute spīrĭtus, Mk. Bos 9, 25. Deáfe gehýraþ surdi audiunt, Mt. Bos. 11, 5: Mk. Bos. 7, 37: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr.Kmbl. 1154; An. 577. Ðæt ic dumbum and deáfum deófolgieldum gaful onháte that I promise tribute to dumb and deaf idols, Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 24; Jul. 150. Ne wirige ðú deáfe curse not the deaf, Ledeaf or barren corn, Past. 52, 9; Hat. MS. [Prompt. deffe surdus: Wyc. def: Piers P. deef, pl. deve: Chauc. deef: R. Glouc. deve: Plat. doov: O. Sax. douf: O. Frs. dáf: Dut. doof: Ger. taub: M. H. Ger. toup: O. H. Ger. toup, doup: Goth. daubs, daufs hardened, obdurate: Dan. döv: Swed. döf: Icel. daufr.] DER. a-deáf: deáfian, a-: deáfu: a-deáfung. deaf