Modern English → Old English
Old English word for black
5 headwords match “black”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; blæc ranks first.
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black — black
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine blæc strong nominative singular feminine blacu, blaco strong nominative singular neuter blæc strong accusative singular masculine blæcne strong accusative singular feminine blace strong accusative singular neuter blæc -
black — black as coal
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine coliġ strong nominative singular feminine coliġ strong nominative singular neuter coliġ strong accusative singular masculine coliġne strong accusative singular feminine coliġe strong accusative singular neuter coliġ -
black — black
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sweart strong nominative singular feminine sweart strong nominative singular neuter sweart strong accusative singular masculine sweartne strong accusative singular feminine swearte strong accusative singular neuter sweart -
black — black alder
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fūletrēow genitive singular fūletrēowes dative singular fūletrēowe accusative singular fūletrēow nominative plural fūletrēowu genitive plural fūletrēowa -
black — dark, dun, brown, or black in color (glosses Latin fuscus and aquilus)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dunn strong nominative singular feminine dunn strong nominative singular neuter dunn strong accusative singular masculine dunne strong accusative singular feminine dunne strong accusative singular neuter dunn
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “black” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “black”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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