1 janv. 1527 - blind

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Commonly used in phrases such as ‘a blind corner’ and found frequently in minor place-names in reference to something out of the way or difficult to see. 1527-8 ‘a lane (<i>venellam</i>) called <i>Blyndelone</i>’, Keighley (YRS63/61); 1376-7 ‘a rood in <i>le Sourlandes</i>, by <i>Blyndehed</i>’, Follifoot (YRS69/65). Camden wrote of bournes or streams which flow <i>out of blinde springs, </i>offering a clear meaning for places named Blindkeld and Blindwell.

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