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bleyke
▪ I. † bleyke, bleike, a. Obs. [ME. bleik, a. ON. bleikr shining, white. See blayke.] Pale.a 1300 Havelok 470 For hunger grene and bleike. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 39 Bleyke of colour, pallidus.▪ II. † bleyke, bleike, v. Obs. [f. prec. adj.; cf. the analogy of blake a. and v. But ON. had bleikja to white... Oxford English Dictionary
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bleike
bleike, a. and v. see bleyke. Oxford English Dictionary
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blayke
† blayk(e, a. Obs. Also 3–4 bleik(e, 5 bleyke. [ME. bleik, a. ON. bleikr shining, pale, cogn. w. OE. blác, OS. blêc (MDu. bleec, Du. bleek), OHG. bleih (MHG. and mod.G. bleich):—OTeut. *blaiko-z, f. the stem of blîkan, pa. tense blaik, to shine. Cf. the synonyms blake, bleak, bloke.] a. Pale. b. Yel... Oxford English Dictionary
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bleak
▪ I. bleak, n. (bliːk) Forms: 5 bleke, 7 bleake, 7– bleak. [The 15th c. bleke points to an unrecorded OE. *blǽce weak fem. = ON. bleikja, OHG. bleicha:—OTeut. *blaikjôn- f. *blaiko- white, shining: see next word. But the only known OE. name is blǽᵹe, blay n., which is not directly connected with ble... Oxford English Dictionary
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blake
▪ I. † blake, a. Obs. exc. dial. Also 3–4 blac, blak. [Chiefly northern: probably therefore, since OE. á remained in the north as ā (e.g. ake, stane, mare), blake was the direct phonetic descendant of OE. blác pale (in early southern ME. bloc, bloke), a common Teut. adj. = OS. blêc, ON. bleikr, OHG.... Oxford English Dictionary
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blight
▪ I. blight, n. (blaɪt) Also 7–8 blite. [A word of unknown origin; which entered literature, apparently from the speech of farmers or gardeners, in the 17th c.; literary men were at first doubtful as to its proper spelling, and seem to have thought of the plant blite. (Among suggestions as to its or... Oxford English Dictionary
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weak
▪ I. weak, a. and n. (wiːk) Forms: α. 3–5, 4–9 Sc., 9 dial. waik, (6 Sc. waek), 4–6 waike, wayk(e, (4 Sc. vayk, 5–6 Sc. vaik, vaike), 3–6 weik(e, weyk(e, (6 Sc. vaeik, veik). β. 4, 6 wek, 4 weck, 6 wecke; 5–6 weke, 4–7 weeke, 6–7 weake, 6– weak. [a. ON. veik-r, corresponding to OE. wác: see woke a. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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