blæcce

Old English

Alternative forms

• *bleċċe — Mercian

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
  • English: blatch, bletch
  • ⇒ Middle English: blacchen, blecchen, blachen
    • English: blatch