Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bright
5 headwords match “bright”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beorht ranks first.
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bright — bright, clear
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine beorht strong nominative singular feminine beorht strong nominative singular neuter beorht strong accusative singular masculine beorhtne strong accusative singular feminine beorhte strong accusative singular neuter beorht -
bright — bright, shining
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sċīr strong nominative singular feminine sċīr strong nominative singular neuter sċīr strong accusative singular masculine sċīrne strong accusative singular feminine sċīre strong accusative singular neuter sċīr -
bright — bright; shiny; radiant
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine torht strong nominative singular feminine torht strong nominative singular neuter torht strong accusative singular masculine torhtne strong accusative singular feminine torhte strong accusative singular neuter torht -
bright — bright purple
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sċīrbasu, sċīrbaso strong nominative singular feminine sċīrbasu, sċīrbaso strong nominative singular neuter sċīrbasu, sċīrbaso strong accusative singular masculine sċīrbasone strong accusative singular feminine sċīrbaswe strong accusative singular neuter sċīrbasu, sċīrbaso -
bright — bright, light, clear
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine beorhtlīċ strong nominative singular feminine beorhtlīċ, beorhtlīċu, beorhtlīċo strong nominative singular neuter beorhtlīċ strong accusative singular masculine beorhtlīcne strong accusative singular feminine beorhtlīċe strong accusative singular neuter beorhtlīċ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bright” 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 “bright”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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