blæcce

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

*bleċċe — Mercian^[1]

Etymology edit

Related to blæc (“black”), presumably from Proto-West Germanic *blakkjā, from *blak (“black”) +‎ *-jā.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈblæt.t͡ʃe/

Noun edit

blæċċe f (West Saxon)

blackness
that which is black

Declension edit

Declension of blæcce (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	blæċċe	blæċċan
accusative	blæċċan	blæċċan
genitive	blæċċan	blæċċena
dative	blæċċan	blæċċum

Descendants edit

Middle English: blacche, blecche, bleche, blache
- English: blatch, bletch
- ⇒ Middle English: blacchen, blecchen, blachen
  - English: blatch

References edit

^ “blacche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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