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blak (1130)
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blak (1130)

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blac,  blache,  blachhe,  blacke,  blake;  blec,  blecce,  blecche,  blech  
  FEW:  blake 15/i,137b Gdf:  blacce 1,654a GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  blacce  DMF:  blacce  TLF: ∅ OED:  black a. and n.  MED:  blak a.  DMLBS: ∅
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

The name examples may possibly derive from ME blak(e) ‘pale, livid, white’ (see MED bleche a., bleik a., blok a., and Surnames Reany Black).

a.

colourblack: 
( 1397 )  juxte chescun arbre un alant blak liez a mesme l’arbre  Test Ebor i 230
( MS: 1419 )  Qe nul teyntour qi teigne blu burnets ou autres colours, ne teigne bleche ne tané  Lib Alb 723

s.

1colourblack dye, ink: 
( MS: s.xiii )  atramentario: (C*) gallice neiret .i. blech (var. (C: s.xiiiex) anglice blec)  TLL ii 130.25
( MS: s.xiiiex )  atramen: (C) .i. nigredo sutoris.s. blachhe  TLL ii 159
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1130 )  Godebertus le Blac  Family Names Black
( 1164-5 )  Gaufridus le Blache  Pipe Roll viii 6
( 1275 )  Edericke le Blacke  Family Names Black

See also:

blaker  blakestare  blaket 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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