blāc-ern, n.n: a light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle. (BLAH-kern / ˈblaː-kɛɹn)
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blāc-ern, n.n: a light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle. (BLAH-kern / ˈblaː-kɛɹn)
Modern Dutch ‘bleken’ (to bleech) still means ‘to make white(r)’.
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It’s initially hard to separate the meaning of Old English ‘blāc-ern’ from that of Modern English ‘blacken’.
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