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  • Áblendeþ

    suffundit (cf. ? oculi suffusio = cataract ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 47.

  • Sedechias man áblende, Ælfc. T. 8, 13, Hí hine (

    Samson

    ) áblendon,
      Jud. 16, 21.

  • Hét se cyng áblendan Ælfgár,

      Chr. 993; P. 127, 29.

  • Him burston út his eágan . . . hé wearð áblend,

      Hml. S. 19, 129.

  • Wulfeáh and Ufegeat wǽron áblende,

      Chr. 1006; P. 136, 10.

  • Sume wurdon áblænde,

      1075; P. 212, 8.
where sight is impeded
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  • Gé tysliaþ eów on Denisc áblendum eágum (

    with the hair falling over the eyes ?

    ),
      Engl. Stud. viii. 6., 5.
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  • Gítsung hí áblent. Bt. 36,

      6; F. 130, 34.

  • Lác áblendaþ (

    excoecant

    ) glǽwne.
      Ex. 23, 8.

  • Áblændaþ,

      L. Alf. 46; Th. i. 54, 18.

  • Hé bið áblend mid unwísdóme,

      Past. 69, 16.

  • Áblendad, ðæt is, beswicen,

      Rtl. 197, 23.

  • Se áblenda Datianus,

      Hml. S. 14, 128.
as a medical term
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  • Cancer áblendan

    to prevent suppuration in a cancer

    ,
      Lch. i. 6, 24; 88, 20.
Etymology
[Laym., A. R., R. Glouc., Ayenb., Piers P. a-blende[n] : O. H. Ger. ar-blenden obcoecare.]
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v. á-blindan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-blendar.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37355.

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