Blǽcan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

blǽcean;

blǽcan

p. de; pp. ed To BLEACH, whiten, fade; pallidum colorem inducere, albicare :-- Blǽced bleached, Exon. 107 b; Th. 410, 27; Rä. 29, 5. Ne mæg ne sunne blǽcan no sun can bleach, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 20: blǽcean, note 20. DER. blícan. blæcan