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blác

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§426;
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  • Blác

    pallidus,

    • An. Ox. 11, 145
    • .
  • Ðæt bleoh ðæs welhǽwnan iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs blácan carbuncules

    coerulei coloris hyacinthus praefertur pallenti carbunculo,

    • Past. 411, 29
    • .
    (Cf. seó bláce blegen carbunculus. v. blegen)
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Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. blake.
O. Sax. blék
:
O. H. Ger. bleih pallidus
:
Icel. bleikr.
]
Similar entries
v. flód-, heoru-, weder-, wíg-blác; blǽc, blǽce.
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  • blác, adj.