Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (1)
1. to bleach, whiten; 2. to make pale
Etymology
[Mod E BLEACH obs ← blác, blǽc “pale, bleak”; OHG bleihhen (Mod G bleichen); Icel bleikja]
Paradigm
4.2.1 (a)
(a) with a short root vowel
| I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to plough | erian | erede |
| to perform, commit | fremman | fremede |
(b) with a long root vowel
| I class | infinitive | past tense singular |
| to feed | fédan | fédde |
| to keep, observe | cépan | cépte |
| to send | sendan | sende |
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