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stær-blind

(adj.)
Grammar
stær-blind, adj.
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Blind from giddiness, purblind, quite blind Stæ[r]-blind scotomaticus (cf. scotomaticorum, cecorum, 78, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 81. Næfþ nán man tó ðæs unhále æágan, ðæt hé ne máge lybban be ðare sunnan and hire nyttian, gyf hé ényg wiht geseón mæg,

Linked entries: stare-blind blind

un-blódig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-blódig, adj.

Bloodless

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Bloodless On unblódium gefeohte incruento prelio, Germ. 395, 16

Linked entry: blódig

á-blend

(adj.)
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ár-blæd

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Add: — Árbled palmula, Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 44

blác-ern

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Blácern lichinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 31. Swá is án micel blácern sicut lucerna, Nar. 37, 18. Ðonne þú blácernes behófige, Tech. ii. 126, 1. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfær, blácern, Angl. ix. 264, 22. Add

blǽd-dæg

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Brúcaþ blǽddaga, Gen. 200. Add

blǽd-fæst

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blǽd-horn

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Ǽnne seolforhammenne blǽdhorn (bléð-, C. D. iii. 362, 22), Cht. Th. 559, 29. Add

Linked entry: blǽs-horn

blǽ-hǽwen

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Blǽhǽwenre glauco, An. Ox. 528. Add

bleó-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
bleó-fæst, adj.

Beautifulpleasant

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Beautiful, pleasant

bleó-reád

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For Cot. 135 substitute Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 8

bleó-stǽning

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Bleóstǽning musac, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 7. Substitute

blind-boren

(adj.)
Grammar
blind-boren, adj.
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Born blind Égo ðæs blindborenes, Jn. L. 9, 32

blind-fellian

(v.)

Similar entry: ge-blindfellian

blind-nes

obscurity

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Add: physical, of persons, where faculty of vision is absent Hire eágan ðýstredon, ꝥ heó nǽnigne dǽl leóhtes scíman geseón mihte, Mid þý heó sum fæc on blindnesse wæs, Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 401, 12. Ofslegene (slegene, 29) mid blindnesse, Bl. H. 153, 17. inability

geolo-blác

Grammar
geolo-blác, Dele, and see <b>geolwe.</b>

æ-bléc

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-bléc, ǽ-blǽce; adj.

Pallid, pale, livid

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Pallid, pale, livid Ǽblǽce decolor, pallidus, Germ. 392, 69: pallidus, An. Ox. 1868. On plúmfeðerum hé líð ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. Stud. viii. 473, 19. Hé wearð geangsumod, and ǽblǽce on nebbe cwæþ, Hml. S. 37, 213. Ðá áxode hé mid ǽblǽcum andwlitan

wíg-blác

(adj.)
Grammar
wíg-blác, adj.

Splendid with warlike equipment

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Splendid with warlike equipment Werud wæs wígblác (cf. beran beorht searo, 191, 23; Exod. 219. Wígbord scinon, 207, 14; Exod. 466), Cd. Th. 190, 24; Exod. 204

or-bléde

(adj.)
Grammar
or-bléde, adj.

Bloodless

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Bloodless Orbléde exsangues, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 39

Linked entry: -bléde

blinnan

(v.)
Grammar
blinnan, part. blinnende; ic blinne, ðú blinnest, blinst, he blinneþ, blinniþ, blinþ, pl. blinnaþ; p. ic, he blan, blon, blann, blonn, ðú blunne, pl. blunnon; pp. blunnen; v. intrans.

To cease, rest, leave offcessare, desinere

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Blann [blonn MS. T.] se bysceophád eall geár and ðæs óðres syx mónaþ the bishopric was vacant [lit. rested] all one year and six months of the next, 3, 20; S. 550, 28.

Linked entry: blin