Old English · adjective

blanc

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /blɑnk/
[blɑŋk]
Syllables: blɑnk (1 syllable)
Modern English: pallid greyish-white white pale

Meaning

white
greyish-white, pale, pallid

Declension

Strong declension of blanc
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blanc	blanc	blanc
Accusative	blancne	blance	blanc
Genitive	blances	blancre	blances
Dative	blancum	blancre	blancum
Instrumental	blance	blancre	blance
Plural
Nominative	blance	blanca blance	blanc
Accusative	blance	blanca blance	blanc
Genitive	blancra	blancra	blancra
Dative	blancum	blancum	blancum
Instrumental	blancum	blancum	blancum

Weak declension of blanc
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	blanca	blance	blance
Accusative	blancan	blancan	blance
Genitive	blancan	blancan	blancan
Dative	blancan	blancan	blancan
Instrumental	blancan	blancan	blancan
Plural
Nominative	blancan	blancan	blancan
Accusative	blancan	blancan	blancan
Genitive	blancra blancena	blancra blancena	blancra blancena
Dative	blancum	blancum	blancum
Instrumental	blancum	blancum	blancum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright", "shining", "blinding", "white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch, planch (“bright", "white”), hence German blank (“blank", "white”), Old Norse blankr (“white”), hence Danish blank (“shiny”), Swedish blank (“shiny”), Dutch blank (“white", "shining”).

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