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BLÆC

  • adjective
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Grammar
BLÆC, gen. m. n. blaces, f. blæcre; def. m. se blaca, f. n. blace: bleac; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §292; §310; §421; §425; §620;
BLACK, swarthy; niger, fuscus
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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
      • .

  • Forðonðe ðú ne mæht ǽnne loc hwítne gewirce oððe blæcne

    quia non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 36
      • .

  • Ofslógon ðone blacan Heawald

    they killed the black Heawald,

    • Bd. 5, 10
      • ;
    • S. 624, 40
      • .

  • Ða sind blace swíðe

    they are very black,

    • Exon. 114 b
      • ;
    • Th. 438, 28
      • ;
    • Rä. 58, 2
      • .

  • Swearte wǽron lástas, swaðu swíðe blacu

    swart were their footsteps, their tracks very black,

    • 113 b
      • ;
    • Th. 434, 19
      • ;
    • Rä. 52, 3
      • .
Etymology
[
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.
Similar entries
v. blícan, blǽcan.
Linked entries
v.  blæc-berie bleac.
Entry information
Citation

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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  • BLÆC, adj.

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