blæcan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blaikijan, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, a factitive verb from *blaikaz (pale).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈblæː.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

blǣċan

  1. to bleach

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: blēchen

Further reading

  • blǣċan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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