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 to bleach ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: blechen, blekenEnglish: bleachScots: bleche, bleitchYola: ee-blighte (ppl.) === Further reading === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “blǣċan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.