Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German blenden, from Old High German blenten, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlendʰ-. Compare German blenden.

Verb

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בלענדן (blendn) (past participle געבלענדט (geblendt))

  1. to blind, to dazzle
    די שליאַכן בלענדן זיך צוזאַמען, — אַ קאַרנאַוואַל פֿון ליכט.
    di shlyakhn blendn zikh tsuzamen, — a karnaval fun likht.
    the paths dazzle together, — a carnival of light.

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