Participles
| Present | blāciende |
| Past | (ġe)blācod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | blāciġe |
| 2nd sing. | blācast |
| 3rd sing. | blācaþ |
| 1st plur. | blāciaþ |
| 2nd plur. | blāciaþ |
| 3rd plur. | blāciaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | blācode |
| 2nd sing. | blācodest |
| 3rd sing. | blācode |
| 1st plur. | blācodon |
| 2nd plur. | blācodon |
| 3rd plur. | blācodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | blāciġe |
| 2nd sing. | blāciġe |
| 3rd sing. | blāciġe |
| 1st plur. | blāciġen |
| 2nd plur. | blāciġen |
| 3rd plur. | blāciġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | blācode |
| 2nd sing. | blācode |
| 3rd sing. | blācode |
| 1st plur. | blācoden |
| 2nd plur. | blācoden |
| 3rd plur. | blācoden |
Imperative
| Singular | blāca |
| Plural | blāciaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'blacian'
blacian,
Verbs similar to 'blacian'
blatian,
slacian,
awacian,
bacan,
badian,
baðian,
barian,
batian,
baþian,
beacnian,
Etymology
From blāc (“pale, shining, white”) + -ian, alternatively spelt blǣċ, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz. Compare Old Norse bleikr (“pale”), Faroese bleikur (“pale”), Icelandic bleikur (“pale”), Danish bleg (“pale”), Norwegian Bokmål blek (“pale”) (also bleik), Norwegian Nynorsk bleik (“pale”), Swedish blek (“pale”), Dutch bleek (“pale”), German bleich (“pale”), German Low German bleek (“pale”).
Sample Sentences
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Yldo him on fareð, onsȳn blācað, gomelfeax gnornað, wāt his iūwine, æþelinga bearn, eorþan forġiefene. (The oldhood comes to him, face turns white, the old-haired mourns, knows his yore-friends, the children of men, are given to earth.) [10th century, The Seafarer:]
Cognates
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