†aˈblind,v.Obs.[f.a- prefix 1 + blind v.Cf.Ger.er-blinden and thetrans.form ablend, for which in later times ablind was sometimes put.]To grow blind.c1175Lamb.Hom.109Gif þe eȝe ablindað.c1230Ancren Riwle 92Heo ablindeð in þe inre eien.Ibid.62Ablinde þe heorte, heo is eð ouercumen.