sand-blind

[sand-blahynd] /ˈsændˌblaɪnd/
adjective
1.
partially blind; dim-sighted.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English; alteration (assimilated to sand) of Old English *samblind half-blind, equivalent to sam- half- (akin to semi-) + blind blind
Related forms
sandblindness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for sandblind

sand-blind

adjective
1.
not completely blind; partially able to see Compare stone-blind
Derived Forms
sand-blindness, noun
Word Origin
C15: changed (through influence of sand) from Old English samblind (unattested), from sam- half, semi- + blind
Word Origin and History for sandblind

sand-blind

adj.

also sandblind, "half-blind," c.1400, probably altered (by influence of sand) from Old English *samblind, the first element from West Germanic *sami-, from PIE *semi- (see semi-); cf. Old English samlæred "half-taught, badly instructed," samstorfen "half-dead."