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deáf

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Wright's OE grammar
§135; §294; §299; §426;
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deaf, without hearing
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  • Deáffra manna eáran,

      Hml. Th. ii. 16, 17.
imperfect in some essential quality, sterile
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  • Se æker ðe bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf

    terra quae sterilem segetem gignit,

      Part. 411, 20.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. daufr insipid; and see N. E. D. deaf, § 6.]
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