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a-blácian
/abla:tʃian /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Verb
Verb Class: Weak
a-blácian
, -blácigan; p. ode; pp. od To be or look pale, grow pale; pallere, obrigescere :-- Ablácodon obriguerunt, Ex. 22, 16? Lye. Ic blácige palleo, Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2; Som. 28, 42. Blácian from blícan, p. blác to shine: blǽcan to bleach, whiten, fade. Observe the difference between blác, blǽc pallid, bleak, pale, and blæc, blaces, se blaca black, swarthy. DER. blácian pallere.
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á-blácian
. Substitute: I. to turn pale from fear, weakness, &c. :-- Hé dranc átor, and ne áblácode, Shrn. 32, 24. Ðonne hé his síðfæt gemunde, ðonne áblácode hé eall and ábifode, 52, 2. I a. to grow faint :-- Áblácode emarcuit, elanguit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 25: elanguet, 142, 76. Áblácodon obriguerunt, Ex. 15, 18 (v. Thw. Hept. p. 30, at end). II. of material, to get dull or tarnished, lose colour :-- Ðæt fægere híw ðæs goldes sié áblácod (pallescit), Past. 135, 2. [O. H.
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