blæcan
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *blaikijan, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, a factitive verb from *blaikaz (“pale”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
blǣċan
- to bleach
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of blǣċan (weak class 1)
infinitive | blǣċan | blǣċenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | blǣċe | blǣcte |
second person singular | blǣċest, blǣcst | blǣctest |
third person singular | blǣċeþ, blǣcþ | blǣcte |
plural | blǣċaþ | blǣcton |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | blǣċe | blǣcte |
plural | blǣċen | blǣcten |
imperative | ||
singular | blǣċ | |
plural | blǣċaþ | |
participle | present | past |
blǣċende | (ġe)blǣċed |
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “blǣċan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.