Old English · adjective
blæc
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /blæk/
- Syllables
- blæk (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- blackink
blæc1 · adjective
Senses
-
black
Þǣr beoð akende ǣmættan swā miċle swā hundas. Hī habbað fēt swylċe græshoppan, hī syndon rēades hīwes ⁊ blaces. Þā ǣmettan delfað gold up of eorðan fram foran nihte ōþ þa fīftan tīd dæġes.
Ants are born there as big as dogs. They have feet like grasshoppers, and are red and black in color. The ants dig gold up from the earth from before the night until the fifth hour of the day.
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Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | blæc | blacublaco | blæc |
| Accusative | blæcne | blace | blæc |
| Genitive | blaces | blæcre | blaces |
| Dative | blacum | blæcre | blacum |
| Instrumental | blace | blæcre | blace |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | blace | blacablace | blacublaco |
| Accusative | blace | blacablace | blacublaco |
| Genitive | blæcra | blæcra | blæcra |
| Dative | blacum | blacum | blacum |
| Instrumental | blacum | blacum | blacum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | blaca | blace | blace |
| Accusative | blacan | blacan | blace |
| Genitive | blacan | blacan | blacan |
| Dative | blacan | blacan | blacan |
| Instrumental | blacan | blacan | blacan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | blacan | blacan | blacan |
| Accusative | blacan | blacan | blacan |
| Genitive | blæcrablacena | blæcrablacena | blæcrablacena |
| Dative | blacum | blacum | blacum |
| Instrumental | blacum | blacum | blacum |
blæc2 · adjective · alternative form
Senses
-
alternative form of blāc (“pale”)
blæc3 · noun · neuter
Senses
-
black
-
ink
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (14)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine, burn, scorch”). Cognate with Old Saxon blac (“ink”), Old High German blah-; related to Old Norse blakkr (“dusky, black”).
From Proto-West Germanic *blaik.
From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (noun), from *blakaz (“black”, adjective).
Descendants
black
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