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blác

  • adjective
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blác, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426;
bright, shining; lucidus, splendidus
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  • On bryne blácan fýres

    into the burning of the bright fire,

      Cd. 186; Th. 231, 13; Dan. 246.

  • Lígetta hérgen bláce dýrne Dryhten

    lightnings bright praise the beloved Lord,

      Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107.

  • Engel ða burh oferbrægd blácan lýge, hátan heaðowealme

    an angel spread over the town a bright flame, hot warlike floods,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3081; An. 1543.

  • Blácum leóhte

    with bright light,

      Bt. Met. Fox 4, 15; Met. 4, 8.

  • Lígetu bláce

    lightnings bright,

      Cd. 192; Th. 340, 3; Dan. 381.
BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death; pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis
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  • Biþ his líf scæcen, and he blác

    his life is departed, and he pale,

      Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 28; Vy. 41.

  • Scylfing hreás blác

    Scylfing fell pale,

      Beo. Th. 4969; B. 2488: Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 16.

  • Blácne

    pale, acc.

      Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 26; Jud. 278.

  • He hæfde blæc feax and blácne andwlitan

    he had black hair and a pale countenance,

      Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34.

  • Se móna mid his blácan leóhte

    the moon with her pale light,

      Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34.
  • [Prompt. bleyke pallidus, subalbus, from blác, p. of blícan to shine.] ☞ Observe the difference between blác bright, shining, bleak, pale, and blæc black, se blaca the black.
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v.  blǽc.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “blác.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/4562.

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