blake

See also Blake

English

Etymology

From Middle English blak, blac (pale), from Old English blāc (pale, pallid, wan, livid; bright, shining, glittering, flashing) and Old Norse bleikr (pale; white, fair); both from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (pale; shining), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (to shimmer, glow). Compare Scots bleg (light, drab). More at bleak.

Adjective

blake (comparative blaker or more blake, superlative blakest or most blake)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England) Pale; wan; sallow; yellow.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English blæc.

Adjective

blake

  1. black

Descendants

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