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Anglo-Saxon

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blác-ern

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Blácern lichinus, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 31. Swá is án micel blácern sicut lucerna, Nar. 37, 18. Ðonne þú blácernes behófige, Tech. ii. 126, 1. Man sceal habban . . . leóhtfær, blácern, Angl. ix. 264, 22. Add

æ-bléc

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-bléc, ǽ-blǽce; adj.

Pallid, pale, livid

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Pallid, pale, livid Ǽblǽce decolor, pallidus, Germ. 392, 69: pallidus, An. Ox. 1868. On plúmfeðerum hé líð ac þéhweðere oft ǽblǽce, E. Stud. viii. 473, 19. Hé wearð geangsumod, and ǽblǽce on nebbe cwæþ, Hml. S. 37, 213. Ðá áxode hé mid ǽblǽcum andwlitan

ge-blecte

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Dele, and see ge-blǽcan

ǽ-blǽte

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-blǽte, (?); adj.

Livid, pale

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Livid, pale On ǽblǽtan (-blǽcan? v. ǽ-blǽce) and w[litan] albo vultu, An. Ox. 46, 19

wirdan

(v.)
Grammar
wirdan, p.de

To injure ⬩ hurt ⬩ annoy ⬩ to injure, ⬩ do wrong to ⬩ violate a law ⬩ hinder

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Se weolocreáda tælhg, ðone ne mæg ne sunne blæcan, ne ne rén wyrdan, tinctura coccinei coloris, cujus rubor nullo solis ardore, nulla valet pluviarum injuria pallescere, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20. Wǽron eágan míne mid wæcceum werded swýþe, Ps.

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