(a) Of a person, the eyes: blind, sightless; also, temporarily unable to see; as ~ as a betel (ston, bere, Bayard), completely blind, stone-blind; as ~ Bayard, like Bayard, blindly; (b) ~ man, blind man; also, surname; ~ acenned, ~ born, born blind, congenitally blind; stark ~, start ~, ston ~, streight ~, completely blind, stone-blind; (c) of Fortune, Cupid, love: blind; of the wheel of Fortune (or Venus): governed by chance, variable; upon the ~ side, (referring to Cupid) being blind, ?unintentionally; (d) as an epithet; as a surname.

(a) Spiritually blind, lacking insight or perception, undiscerning, unenlightened; deficient (in intelligence or understanding); ~ of, ~ to, blind to, unaware of; ~ herted, undiscerning (in spiritual matters); (b) deceived, deluded, misguided; mistaken, erroneous; evil, sinful; ~ in, mistaken in (an opinion); maken ~, to deceive, delude; (c) delusive, deceitful; mendacious, false; (d) ?not governed by reason, heedless, unrestrained.

(a) Not giving out light, dark, dim; pale, colorless; of sound: not resonant, dull; (b) maken ~, destroy, obliterate [cp. blenden (1), blinden].

(a) Without opening, closed, covered; closed at one end; ~ gut, the caecum; (b) concealed from sight, hidden, unseen; make ~, conceal; (c) secret, privy.

(a) ~ netle, a non-stinging nettle-like plant, one of the dead nettles; (b) ~ worm, the blind-worm or slow-worm (Anguis fragilis); also, a kind of water snake or serpent.