different between blind vs lind

English

Alternative forms

• (archaic) blinde

Etymology

From Middle English blind, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bla?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindest)

1. (not comparable, of a person or animal) Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

   Synonym: sightless

   Antonyms: seeing, sighted

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island,

     He was plainly blind, for he tapped before him with a stick, and wore a great green shade over his eyes and nose...

2. (not comparable, of an eye) Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.
3. (comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

4. (not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.
5. (not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end; exitless.
6. (not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage; both dark and exitless.

7. (in certain phrases, chiefly in the negative) Smallest or slightest.

8. (not comparable) Without any prior knowledge.

9. (not comparable) Unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.
   • 1787–1788, John Jay, The Federalist Papers

     This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.

10. (sciences) Using blinded study design, wherein information is purposely limited to prevent bias.

11. Unintelligible or illegible.

12. (horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.

13. (LGBT, slang) Uncircumcised

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• invisible (unable to be seen)
• anosmic
• deaf
• print disabled

Noun

blind (plural blinds)

1. A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
3. Any device intended to conceal or hide.

4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
5. (military) A blindage.
6. A halting place.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

7. (rugby, colloquial) The blindside.
8. (baseball, slang, 1800s) No score.
9. (poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

10. (poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.

Synonyms

• (destination sign): rollsign (mainly US)

Derived terms

• big blind
• blinders
• small blind
• Venetian blind
• blind map

Translations

See also

• curtain
• jalousie

Verb

blind (third-person singular simple present blinds, present participle blinding, simple past and past participle blinded)

1. (transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.
   • May 9, 1686 (date of preaching), Robert South, The Fatal Imposture and Force of Words (sermon)

     A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is […] a much greater.

2. (slang, obsolete) To curse.
   • 1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier

     If you're cast for fatigue by a sergeant unkind,
     Don't grouse like a woman, nor crack on, nor blind;
     Be handy and civil, and then you will find
     That it's beer for the young British soldier.

3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
   • 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome

     The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.

4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Derived terms

• blind with science
• blinder
• blinding
• blindness

Translations

Adverb

blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)

1. Without seeing; unseeingly.
2. (colloquial) Absolutely, totally.
3. (poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.
4. (cooking, especially in combination with 'bake') As a pastry case only, without any filling.

Translations

References

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch blind, from Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blint, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?nt/

Adjective

blind (attributive blinde, comparative blinder, superlative blindste)

1. blind (unable to see)

Derived terms

• blindheid

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -end

Adjective

blind

1. blind

Inflection

References

• “blind” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?nt/
• Hyphenation: blind
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blint, from Old Dutch *blint, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative blindst)

1. blind (unable to see)

Inflection

Derived terms

• blinde vink
• blinde vlek
• blindheid
• verblinden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: blind

Etymology 2

From blinden.

Alternative forms

• blinde f

Noun

blind n (plural blinden, diminutive blindje n)

1. window shutter

Synonyms

• luik

German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German blint, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?nt/

Adjective

blind (comparative blinder, superlative am blindesten)

1. blind
2. (of a mirror or windowpane) cloudy
   • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:

Declension

Derived terms

• blinder Passagier
• farbenblind
• nachtblind

See also

• blenden

Further reading

• “blind” in Duden online

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German blint, from Old Saxon blind. Cognate to Dutch blind, German blind.

Adjective

blind (comparative blinner, superlative blinnst)

1. blind

Declension

Icelandic

Adjective

blind

1. inflection of blindur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blynd, blend, blin

Etymology

From Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bli?nd/, /blind/

Adjective

blind

1. blind, sightless

Descendants

• English: blind
• Scots: blind, blynd
• Yola: blin

References

• “bl??nd, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Adjective

blind (neuter singular blindt, definite singular and plural blinde)

1. blind

Derived terms

References

• “blind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz. Akin to English blind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bl?n?/, /bl?nd/

Adjective

blind (masculine and feminine blind, neuter blindt, definite singular and plural blinde, comparative blindare, indefinite superlative blindast, definite superlative blindaste)

1. blind

Derived terms

Verb

blind

1. imperative of blinda

References

• “blind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blind/

Adjective

blind

1. blind

2. (substantive) a blind person

Declension

Related terms

• blindnes
• blendan
• blindl??e

Descendants

• Middle English: blind, blynd, blend, blin
  • English: blind
  • Scots: blind, blynd
  • Yola: blin

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blind.

Adjective

blind

1. blind

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish blinder, from Old Norse blindr, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blind (comparative blindare, superlative blindast)

1. blind; unable or failing to see

Declension

Derived terms

• blindgång
• blindgångare
• blindbock
• blindstyre
• färgblind

English

Etymology

From Middle English lind, linde, from Old English lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?. Cognate with Dutch linde, German Linde, Swedish lind. Cognate to Albanian lëndë (“wood, timber, material”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

lind (plural linds)

1. (obsolete) the lime tree, or linden tree

Albanian

Etymology

Nasal present of lej. From Proto-Albanian *(a)liienT-, from Proto-Indo-European *h?el- (“to grow, feed”). Possibly, an original present participle. Compare Old English leodan, Old Saxon liodan, Old High German liotan, Old Norse loðenn (“to grow”), lind (“wellspring”).

Verb

lind (first-person singular past tense linda, participle lindur)

1. to give birth, bear (child)

Synonyms

• lej

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -end

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lind.

Adjective

lind

1. soft
2. thin

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind.

Noun

lind c (singular definite linden, plural indefinite linde)

1. linden, lime, basswood (Tilia)

Inflection

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *lunta or *linta, compare with Finnish lintu, Ter Sami lonn?t, Mansi ???? (lunt) and Hungarian lúd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lind?/

Noun

lind (genitive linnu, partitive lindu)

1. bird

Declension

German

Etymology

From Middle High German linde, from Old High German lind, lindi, from Proto-Germanic *linþaz. Compare English lithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/

Adjective

lind (comparative linder, superlative am lindesten or am lindsten)

1. (archaic, poetic) mild; gentle

Declension

Derived terms

• gelinde
• lindern

Related terms

• Lindwurm

Further reading

• “lind” in Duden online

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

Probably related to sense 2 (“linden tree”)

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

Declension

Synonyms

• (spring): uppspretta, brunnur, vatnsrás

Derived terms

• auðlind (“natural resource”)
• gróðalind (“profit source”)
• olíulind (“oil source”)
• orkulind (“power source”)
• tekjulind (“source of income”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f (genitive singular lindar, nominative plural lindir)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

Declension

Synonyms

• (linden): linditré

References

• The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. (1934). United States: Journal Publishing Company, p. 93

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Etymology 2

Likely from Proto-Finnic *lentädäk. i may be by analogy to "bird".

Alternative forms

• (Courland) lindõ

Verb

lind

1. (Salaca) to fly

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Middle English

Noun

lind (plural lyndes)

1. Alternative form of lynde.

References

• “lind(e,, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f or m (definite singular linda or linden, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

References

• “lind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse lind, from Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f (definite singular linda, indefinite plural linder, definite plural lindene)

1. lime, linden (Tilia)

References

• “lind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lindu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lind/

Noun

lind f (nominative plural linde)

1. lime, linden
2. (poetic) shield (made from linden wood)

Derived terms

• lindhæbbend

Descendants

• Middle English: lynde, lynd, linde, lind, lyne, lyn
  • English: lind
  • Scots: lind, lynde, leind

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lind?.

Noun

lind f

1. lime, linden (tree)
2. (poetic) linden shield, spear-shaft (weaponry or gear made from lime)

Declension

Descendants

References

• lind in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Plautdietsch

Adjective

lind

1. mild, soft
2. lenient

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lind

Pronunciation

Noun

lind c

1. linden tree

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lintu.

Noun

lind

1. bird

Inflection

Derived terms

• kagrlind
• kegonpaniilind
• kodalind
• käbulind
• pihl'lind
• rugižlind
• toroklind
• tähklind
• vagolind
• vilulind
• lindunpoigaine

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika