sand-blind

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 179 words | Copyright

sand-blind (arch. and dial.) half-blind, purblind. XV. repr. ult. OE. *samblind, f. sam- half- (shortening of WGmc. *sāmi :- IE. *sēmi- SEMI-) + BLIND; assim. to SAND.

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