Could you help me with three Old and Middle English phrases? Words I cannot make out are in bold:
The first written record of the term black is from Bede's Ecclesiastical History (950),
"hæfde blæc feax & blácne ondwlitan,"
The first written record of the term white is from Homily: Sancto Iohanne (c. 1000),
"His fet syndon blodreade begentwegen and se bile hwit,"
The first written record of the term blue is from Altenglische legenden (1300),
"þou schalt þeos þreo cloþes do a non ech heom in o Caudroun, for ich þe wolle segge sothþ pat þis on schal beo fair blu cloth, þis oþur grene, onder stond þis!"
Why not try various Proto-Indo-European lexicons (https://academiaprisca.org/en/resources/etymological-lexicon-proto-indo-european-language/)
Online Etymology Dictionary (OED) may also be helpful
Narayanan
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