BLÆC
- adjective
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He hæfde blæc feax, and blácne andwlitan
he had black hair, and a pale [lean, thin] countenance;
nigro capillo, facie macilenta,- Bd. 2, 16; S. 519,
33.
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Forðonðe ðú ne mæht ǽnne loc hwítne gewirce oððe blæcne
quia non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,
- Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 36.
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Ofslógon ðone blacan Heawald
they killed the black Heawald,
- Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 40.
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Ða sind blace swíðe
they are very black,
- Exon. 114 b; Th. 438, 28; Rä. 58, 2.
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Swearte wǽron lástas, swaðu swíðe blacu
swart were their footsteps, their tracks very black,
113 b;- Th. 434, 19; Rä. 52, 3.
- [Icel. blakkr niger, Egils. v. A. Sax. blæc ink.] [hand-pint] Observe the difference between blæc; gen. m. n. blaces, se blaca black, swarthy, and blác shining, pallid, bleak, pale, from blác; p. of blícan to shine; remark also blǽc pale, livid, from blǽcan to bleach, whiten.
Bosworth, Joseph. “BLÆC.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4570.
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