† ablendv.

Forms: see a- prefix¹ and blend v.¹; also Old English ablendad (Northumbrian, past participle), Old English ableonde (past tense, rare).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German irblenden (Middle High German, German †erblenden ) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of blend v.¹ Compare ablind v.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To deprive of sight, blind; to deprive of sight temporarily; to dazzle.

ΘΚΠ

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

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 993 On þissum ylcan geare het se cyning ablændan Ælfgar, Ælfrices sunu ealdormannes.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 14656 He heom walde..baðe ablenden and anhon.

c1300 St. Leger (Laud) l. 13 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 82 (MED) Huy driuen him barefot and a-blend ope þis scharpe stones.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4230 Þat blod adoun wende So vast in eye & in face þat hit him ney ablende [ B ablent].

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 323 (MED) Lucyfer loke ne myȝte so lyȝte hym ableynte [v.rr. ablente, ablyndyde, a-blynde].

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 12^v (MED) And he come wiþ his spere rennyng and leping, he schal boþe ablende his enemyes siȝt and astonye his mynde.

2. transitive. figurative. To deprive of moral vision or judgement; to confuse, deceive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > obscure > the mind or understanding

thesterc888

ablendOE

blendc1175

blindfold1581

OE Ælfric 1st Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr. 190) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 92 Þær wæs eac sum arleas preost.., ablend on his mode, se mæsta gedwola þe of mancynne come.

c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 25 Þa boceræs wæron ablende on mode.

a1275 Doomsday (Trin. Cambr.) in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 43 (MED) Þat makede þe worse, so woule he us ablende.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 16 Þis zenne of prede..ablent men zuo þet hi hamzelve ne knaweþ.

?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	ablend
释义	† ablendv. Forms: see a- prefix¹ and blend v.¹; also Old English ablendad (Northumbrian, past participle), Old English ableonde (past tense, rare). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old High German irblenden (Middle High German, German †erblenden ) < the Germanic base of or- prefix (compare a- prefix¹) + the Germanic base of blend v.¹ Compare ablind v. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To deprive of sight, blind; to deprive of sight temporarily; to dazzle. ΘΚΠ 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 OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 993 On þissum ylcan geare het se cyning ablændan Ælfgar, Ælfrices sunu ealdormannes. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 14656 He heom walde..baðe ablenden and anhon. c1300 St. Leger (Laud) l. 13 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 82 (MED) Huy driuen him barefot and a-blend ope þis scharpe stones. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 4230 Þat blod adoun wende So vast in eye & in face þat hit him ney ablende [ B ablent]. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 323 (MED) Lucyfer loke ne myȝte so lyȝte hym ableynte [v.rr. ablente, ablyndyde, a-blynde]. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 12^v (MED) And he come wiþ his spere rennyng and leping, he schal boþe ablende his enemyes siȝt and astonye his mynde. 2. transitive. figurative. To deprive of moral vision or judgement; to confuse, deceive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > obscure > the mind or understanding thesterc888 ablendOE blendc1175 blindfold1581 OE Ælfric 1st Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr. 190) in B. Fehr Die Hirtenbriefe Ælfrics (1914) 92 Þær wæs eac sum arleas preost.., ablend on his mode, se mæsta gedwola þe of mancynne come. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 25 Þa boceræs wæron ablende on mode. a1275 Doomsday (Trin. Cambr.) in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 43 (MED) Þat makede þe worse, so woule he us ablende. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 16 Þis zenne of prede..ablent men zuo þet hi hamzelve ne knaweþ. ?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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