Etymology

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Today it means: In a blind manner; without sight. Full definition →

Middle English blindly ← Old English blindlīċe
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromblindlīċe“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromblindly
  3. English todayblindly

From Middle English blindly, blyndly, from Old English blindlīċe (“in a blind manner; blindly; rashly”), equivalent to blind + -ly. Cognate with Swedish blindligt (“blindly”), Icelandic blindlega (“blindly”). Compare also West Frisian blindich (“blindly”), Dutch blindelings (“blindly”), German blindlings (“blindly”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.