Obs. [f. prec. adj.; cf. the analogy of BLAKE a. and v. But ON. had bleikja to whiten, bleach, f. bleikr pale.]
intr. To become pale; = BLAKE v. 1.
c. 1327. Poem Times of Edw. II., in Pol. Songs, 397. Thanne gan bleiken here ble.
a. 1475. Play Sacram., 477. Now am I bold with batayle him to bleyke [rhyme-wd. stryke].
