A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1586
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Blind, Blynd, v. P.t. blyndit; p.p. blynd; blindit, -yt, blvndit, -vt, blynddit; blvnded. [ME. blind(e, blynd(e, f. Blind, a.]
1. tr. To make blind, deprive of sight.c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 384.
The prest Thoas, That one this maner blynded was c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vii. 454.
Blyndyt in fyr, thar deidis war full dym a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 436.
Mount Nycholas … blyndis thame with a blawe a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clvii. 52.
Thai hald him in … , And blindis him of baythe the ene
2. To blind mentally or morally.The ordinary use: frequent from c 1450.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxiii. 397.
The feynd has sa blyndit thé 1456 Hay II. 57/18.
The gredynes of gude blyndis thair hye curage c1420 Ratis Raving 1370.
Couatyce … blindis hart, wyll & thocht c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace viii. 1420.
With your gold … Yhe wald ws blynd a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 764.
Thame blindis thair greit iniquite 1533 Gau 32/13.
The natur of man is sua blyndit of sine 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 72/7.
Quhat maledictione … hes blyndit ȝour ene a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS xcix. 3.
This fals warld the peple hes so blindit
3. To make dark or obscure; to deface.c1500 Makculloch MS xii. 9.
O strene [Asl. sterne] that blyndis Phebus bemys brycht a1500 Bk. Chess 335.
Thai … temyt a iurdane … Dovne on his hed & blyndit all his bukis
