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Old English · verb

blæcan

Normalised blǣċan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
Modern English
bleach

Meaning

  1. to bleach

Conjugation

Conjugation of blæcan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular blǣċeblǣcte
2nd singular blǣċestblǣcstblǣctest
3rd singular blǣċeþblǣcþblǣcte
Plural blǣċaþblǣcton
Subjunctive
Singular blǣċeblǣcte
Plural blǣċenblǣcten
Non-finite forms of blæcan
Form
Infinitive blǣċan
Inflected infinitive blǣċenne
Imperative singular blǣċ
Imperative plural blǣċaþ
Present participle blǣċende
Past participle blǣċedġeblǣċed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blaikijan, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, a factitive verb from *blaikaz (“pale”).

Descendants

bleach

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