bleck
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English blek (“ink”), from Old Norse blek (“black tint, ink”), from Old English blæc (“black tint or dye, ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (“that which is black; blackness”).
Noun edit
bleck (plural blecks)
- Any black fluid substance, as in blacking for leather, or black grease.
- Soot, smut.
- (obsolete) A black man.
- (dialectal) Coalfish (Pollachius virens).
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English blekken, from the noun above.
Verb edit
bleck (third-person singular simple present blecks, present participle blecking, simple past and past participle blecked)
- (obsolete, dialect) To blacken.
- (obsolete, dialect) To defile.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “bleck”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 3 edit
Imitative.
Interjection edit
bleck
Synonyms edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Old English blæc.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
bleck (comparative blecker, superlative bleckest)
- (South Scots) black
- bleck:
Noun edit
bleck
- A challenge to a feat of exceptional skill; a baffle in reaction to such a feat.
- A puzzle.
- (South Scots) black
References edit
- “bleck, n.1, v.1” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Low German blick, from Middle Low German bleck, from Old Saxon *blek, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką.
Compare Danish blik (< Middle Low German bleck), German Blech (< Old High German bleh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bleck n
Declension edit
Declension of bleck | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | bleck | blecket | bleck | blecken |
Genitive | blecks | bleckets | blecks | bleckens |