"blæc" meaning in Old English

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Adjective

IPA: /blæk/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine, burn, scorch”). Cognate with Old Saxon blac (“ink”), Old High German blah-; related to Old Norse blakkr (“dusky, black”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*blak}} Proto-West Germanic *blak, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*blakaz|t=burnt, black}} Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt, black”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*bʰleg-|t=to shine, burn, scorch}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine, burn, scorch”), {{cog|osx|blac|t=ink}} Old Saxon blac (“ink”), {{cog|goh|blah-}} Old High German blah-, {{cog|non|blakkr|t=dusky, black}} Old Norse blakkr (“dusky, black”) Head templates: {{ang-adj}} blæc Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|blæc}} Forms: strong [table-tags], blæc [masculine, nominative, singular], blacu [feminine, nominative, singular], blaco [feminine, nominative, singular], blæc [neuter, nominative, singular], blæcne [accusative, masculine, singular], blace [accusative, feminine, singular], blæc [accusative, neuter, singular], blaces [genitive, masculine, singular], blæcre [feminine, genitive, singular], blaces [genitive, neuter, singular], blacum [dative, masculine, singular], blæcre [dative, feminine, singular], blacum [dative, neuter, singular], blace [instrumental, masculine, singular], blæcre [feminine, instrumental, singular], blace [instrumental, neuter, singular], blace [masculine, nominative, plural], blaca [feminine, nominative, plural], blace [feminine, nominative, plural], blacu [neuter, nominative, plural], blaco [neuter, nominative, plural], blace [accusative, masculine, plural], blaca [accusative, feminine, plural], blace [accusative, feminine, plural], blacu [accusative, neuter, plural], blaco [accusative, neuter, plural], blæcra [genitive, masculine, plural], blæcra [feminine, genitive, plural], blæcra [genitive, neuter, plural], blacum [dative, masculine, plural], blacum [dative, feminine, plural], blacum [dative, neuter, plural], blacum [instrumental, masculine, plural], blacum [feminine, instrumental, plural], blacum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], blaca [masculine, nominative, singular], blace [feminine, nominative, singular], blace [neuter, nominative, singular], blacan [accusative, masculine, singular], blacan [accusative, feminine, singular], blace [accusative, neuter, singular], blacan [genitive, masculine, singular], blacan [feminine, genitive, singular], blacan [genitive, neuter, singular], blacan [dative, masculine, singular], blacan [dative, feminine, singular], blacan [dative, neuter, singular], blacan [instrumental, masculine, singular], blacan [feminine, instrumental, singular], blacan [instrumental, neuter, singular], blacan [masculine, nominative, plural], blacan [feminine, nominative, plural], blacan [neuter, nominative, plural], blacan [accusative, masculine, plural], blacan [accusative, feminine, plural], blacan [accusative, neuter, plural], blæcra [genitive, masculine, plural], blacena [genitive, masculine, plural], blæcra [feminine, genitive, plural], blacena [feminine, genitive, plural], blæcra [genitive, neuter, plural], blacena [genitive, neuter, plural], blacum [dative, masculine, plural], blacum [dative, feminine, plural], blacum [dative, neuter, plural], blacum [instrumental, masculine, plural], blacum [feminine, instrumental, plural], blacum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. black Categories (topical): Blacks Synonyms: sweart, blac
    Sense id: en-blæc-ang-adj-wAbH46sU Disambiguation of Blacks: 48 50 2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 34 34 Related terms: hwīt, grǣġ, rēad, basu, ġeolurēad, brūn, ġeolu, grēne, blāw, purpuren, blāc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /blæk/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (noun), from *blakaz (“black”, adjective). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*blak}} Proto-West Germanic *blak, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*blaką|pos=noun}} Proto-Germanic *blaką (noun) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} blæc n, {{ang-noun|n}} blæc n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|blæc|blac|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|blæc|blacu|blæc|blacu|blæces|blaca|blæce|blacum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: strong [table-tags], blæc [nominative, singular], blacu [nominative, plural], blæc [accusative, singular], blacu [accusative, plural], blæces [genitive, singular], blaca [genitive, plural], blæce [dative, singular], blacum [dative, plural]
  1. black Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Blacks
    Sense id: en-blæc-ang-noun-wAbH46sU Disambiguation of Blacks: 48 50 2 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 34 34
  2. ink Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-blæc-ang-noun-tyi353X3 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 34 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blæchorn (english: inkwell) Related terms: blæċċe
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "blak"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: blak, blake, blakke, black, blac\nEnglish: black (see there for further descendants)\nScots: black\nYola: bhlock, blaak\n→ Danish: blæk\n→ Faroese: blekk\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: blekk\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blekk\n→ Greenlandic: pilikki",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: blak, blake, blakke, black, blac\nEnglish: black (see there for further descendants)\nScots: black\nYola: bhlock, blaak\n→ Danish: blæk\n→ Faroese: blekk\n→ Norwegian Bokmål: blekk\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: blekk\n→ Greenlandic: pilikki"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*blak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blak",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blakaz",
        "t": "burnt, black"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt, black”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰleg-",
        "t": "to shine, burn, scorch"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine, burn, scorch”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "blac",
        "t": "ink"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon blac (“ink”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "blah-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German blah-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "blakkr",
        "t": "dusky, black"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse blakkr (“dusky, black”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blakaz (“burnt, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine, burn, scorch”). Cognate with Old Saxon blac (“ink”), Old High German blah-; related to Old Norse blakkr (“dusky, black”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaco",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaco",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaco",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "blæc",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blæc"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 41 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 36 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 34 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 50 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Blacks",
          "orig": "ang:Blacks",
          "parents": [
            "Colors",
            "Light",
            "Vision",
            "Energy",
            "Senses",
            "Nature",
            "Perception",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "black"
      ],
      "id": "en-blæc-ang-adj-wAbH46sU",
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hwīt"
        },
        {
          "word": "grǣġ"
        },
        {
          "word": "rēad"
        },
        {
          "word": "basu"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġeolurēad"
        },
        {
          "word": "brūn"
        },
        {
          "word": "ġeolu"
        },
        {
          "word": "grēne"
        },
        {
          "word": "blāw"
        },
        {
          "word": "purpuren"
        },
        {
          "word": "blāc"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sweart"
        },
        {
          "word": "blac"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blæk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blæc"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "inkwell",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        "genitive",
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      "form": "blæce",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        {
          "_dis": "31 34 34",
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    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "blæcra",
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    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blæcra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "weak",
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      "form": "ang-adecl",
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      "form": "blaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "blacan",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "blacan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "blacan",
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    {
      "form": "blacan",
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      "form": "blacan",
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      "form": "blacan",
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      "form": "blæcra",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "blacena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
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      "tags": [
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hwīt"
    },
    {
      "word": "grǣġ"
    },
    {
      "word": "rēad"
    },
    {
      "word": "basu"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeolurēad"
    },
    {
      "word": "brūn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeolu"
    },
    {
      "word": "grēne"
    },
    {
      "word": "blāw"
    },
    {
      "word": "purpuren"
    },
    {
      "word": "blāc"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "black"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blæk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sweart"
    },
    {
      "word": "blac"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blæc"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ang:Blacks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "inkwell",
      "word": "blæchorn"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "blak",
            "3": "blakke"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: blak, blakke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: blak, blakke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "black"
          },
          "expansion": "English: black",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: black"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "blak",
            "3": "blac"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: blak, blac",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: blak, blac"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*blak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blak",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blaką",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blaką (noun)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (noun), from *blakaz (“black”, adjective).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæces",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blaca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blæce",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "blæc n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "blæc n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blæc",
        "2": "blac",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blæc",
        "2": "blacu",
        "3": "blæc",
        "4": "blacu",
        "5": "blæces",
        "6": "blaca",
        "7": "blæce",
        "8": "blacum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "blæċċe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "black"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ink",
          "ink"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blæk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blæc"
}

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