Black Plague

English Etymology A modiciation of en Black Death, ultimately a en da den sorte død 1, da sortedød and en sv svarta döden 1, sv svartedöden black death since the 18th century, from en gmq-oda,gmq-osw -, first attested in sv swarta dödhen (1540), sv svarthe döden (1555), then as a historical term; compare no svartedauden, no svartedauen. Proper noun Black Plague 1 The Black Death. en Diseases