Old English · verb

blacian

Normalised blācian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈblɑː.ki.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈblɑː · ki · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: pale

Meaning

to become pale

Yldo him on fareð, onsȳn blācað, gomelfeax gnornað, wāt his iūwine, æþelinga bearn, eorþan forġiefene.

The oldhood comes to him, face turns white, the old-haired mourns, knows his yore-friends, the children of men, are given to earth.
10th century, The Seafarer:

Conjugation

Conjugation of blacian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	blāciġe	blācode
2nd singular	blācast	blācodest
3rd singular	blācaþ	blācode
Plural	blāciaþ	blācodon
Subjunctive
Singular	blāciġe	blācode
Plural	blāciġen	blācoden

Non-finite forms of blacian
	Form
Infinitive	blācian
Inflected infinitive	blācienne
Imperative singular	blāca
Imperative plural	blāciaþ
Present participle	blāciende
Past participle	blācod ġeblācod

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”).

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