blac

Meaning

1. pale

   Hē hæfde blæc feax, blācne andwlitan, and medmiċele nose þynne.

   He had black hair, a pale face, and a small, thin nose.

   c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

2. bright, shining

   byþ cwicera ġehwām cūþ on fȳre, blāc and beorhtlīċ, byrneþ oftust ðǣr hī æþelingas inne restaþ.

   Torch is known on fire to anyone living, shining and bright, most often burns then they, lords, rest inside.

   c. 1000, The Rune Poem:

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