v. Also 5 vnblyndfelle, 6 vnblindefilde. [UN-2 4.] trans. To unbandage (the eyes); to free (a person or animal) from a bandage over the eyes. Also fig.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, IV. xix. (1869), 186. Þat þei vnblyndfelle so here eyen þat þei mown biholde to þe heuene.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Dessiller, to vnwrappe his eies,… to vnblindefilde.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., VI. vii. 33. He bad his eyes to be vnblindfold both, That he might see his men.
1607. Markham, Cavel., VIII. (1617), 28. You may blindfolde the horse and … after vnblindfolde him.
1643. Prynne, Sov. Power Parl., II. 79. Which I hope will fully un-blindfold the hood-winkt world.
