blacian

Old English

Etymology

From blāc (“pale, shining, white”) +‎ -ian, alternatively spelt blǣċ, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz. Compare Old Norse bleikr (“pale”), Faroese bleikur (“pale”), Icelandic bleikur (“pale”), Danish bleg (“pale”), Norwegian Bokmål blek (“pale”) (also bleik), Norwegian Nynorsk bleik (“pale”), Swedish blek (“pale”), Dutch bleek (“pale”), German bleich (“pale”), German Low German bleek (“pale”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblɑː.ki.ɑn/

Verb

blācian

to become pale

Conjugation

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Descendants

Middle English: bloken, blake, blaken; blakien, blokie
- Yola: blauke, blaake, blauyke

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