blæcce

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblæt.t͡ʃe/

Noun

blæċċe f (West Saxon)

  1. blackness
  2. that which is black

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative blæċċe blæċċan
accusative blæċċan blæċċan
genitive blæċċan blæċċena
dative blæċċan blæċċum

Descendants

  • Middle English: blacche, blecche, bleche, blache

References

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