† ablindv.

Forms: see a- prefix¹ and blind v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, blind v.

Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + blind v. Compare Old High German irblindēn , erblindēn to lose one's sight, to become blind (also in extended use; Middle High German, German erblinden ), a weak Class III verb (the Old English verb is weak Class II). Compare ablend v. With the development of sense 2 compare discussion at blind v.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To lose one's sight, become blind. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 299 Gif þæt eage ablindað, ne bið seo hand lociende.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 13 Ðæt sar becymþ on ða eaȝen..; hwilum hit cymð on mid wæten,..and hwilum buton ælce sore, þat hi ablindiað.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 49 Hwa se ȝemelesliche wit hire uttre ehnen, þurh godes rihtwise dom ha ablindeð i þe inre.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 27 Ablinde þe heorte, heo is eð ouercumen.

2. transitive. To blind (also figurative); = ablend v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > prevent from seeing [verb (transitive)]

blendc888

ablind?c1225

blinda1425

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > prevent from seeing [verb (transitive)] > dazzle

ablendOE

ablind?c1225

awileg-en?c1225

astonec1385

dazea1529

dazzle1536

blaze1570

bedazzlea1616

to white out1978

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 96 Wraððe..hwil hit lest Ablindeð [a1250 Nero ablendeð] swa þe heorte.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxviii. 3 (MED) Ich come to riches of þe world, and ciruaitis ablynt [c1400 Trin. Dublin couatice ablent] me.

a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 182 For þis loue ablindeþ so þe hert eiȝen, þat he ne may knowe god ne glady of his siȝth.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 264 Why meuestow þi mode for a mote in þi brotheres eye, Sithen a beem in þine owne ablyndeth [c1450 Rawl. ablendeth] þi-selue?

?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 382 (MED) Siche nakid argumentis..ben riȝt nouȝt worþe, alle-þouȝ þe clerkis ablynden wiþ hem myche folke in þis worlde.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ablind
释义	† ablindv. Forms: see a- prefix¹ and blind v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix¹, blind v. Etymology: < a- prefix¹ + blind v. Compare Old High German irblindēn , erblindēn to lose one's sight, to become blind (also in extended use; Middle High German, German erblinden ), a weak Class III verb (the Old English verb is weak Class II). Compare ablend v. With the development of sense 2 compare discussion at blind v. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To lose one's sight, become blind. Also figurative. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 299 Gif þæt eage ablindað, ne bið seo hand lociende. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 13 Ðæt sar becymþ on ða eaȝen..; hwilum hit cymð on mid wæten,..and hwilum buton ælce sore, þat hi ablindiað. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 49 Hwa se ȝemelesliche wit hire uttre ehnen, þurh godes rihtwise dom ha ablindeð i þe inre. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 27 Ablinde þe heorte, heo is eð ouercumen. 2. transitive. To blind (also figurative); = ablend v. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > prevent from seeing [verb (transitive)] blendc888 ablind?c1225 blinda1425 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > not seeing or preventing from seeing > prevent from seeing [verb (transitive)] > dazzle ablendOE ablind?c1225 awileg-en?c1225 astonec1385 dazea1529 dazzle1536 blaze1570 bedazzlea1616 to white out1978 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 96 Wraððe..hwil hit lest Ablindeð [a1250 Nero ablendeð] swa þe heorte. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxviii. 3 (MED) Ich come to riches of þe world, and ciruaitis ablynt [c1400 Trin. Dublin couatice ablent] me. a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 182 For þis loue ablindeþ so þe hert eiȝen, þat he ne may knowe god ne glady of his siȝth. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 264 Why meuestow þi mode for a mote in þi brotheres eye, Sithen a beem in þine owne ablyndeth [c1450 Rawl. ablendeth] þi-selue? ?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 382 (MED) Siche nakid argumentis..ben riȝt nouȝt worþe, alle-þouȝ þe clerkis ablynden wiþ hem myche folke in þis worlde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.OE
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