Modern English → Old English
Old English word for brightness
8 headwords match “brightness”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; beorhtnes ranks first.
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brightness — brightness
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular beorhtnes genitive singular beorhtnesse dative singular beorhtnesse accusative singular beorhtnesse nominative plural beorhtnessa, beorhtnesse genitive plural beorhtnessa -
brightness — brightness, splendor
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bierhtu genitive singular bierhtu, bierhte dative singular bierhtu, bierhte accusative singular bierhtu, bierhte nominative plural bierhtu, bierhte genitive plural bierhta -
brightness — shine, brightness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċīma genitive singular sċīman dative singular sċīman accusative singular sċīman nominative plural sċīman genitive plural sċīmena -
brightness — splendor, brightness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līxung genitive singular līxunge dative singular līxunge accusative singular līxunge nominative plural līxunga, līxunge genitive plural līxunga -
brightness — lightness, brightness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līhtnes genitive singular līhtnesse dative singular līhtnesse accusative singular līhtnesse -
brightness — bright with the brightness of morning
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine morgentorht strong nominative singular feminine morgentorht strong nominative singular neuter morgentorht strong accusative singular masculine morgentorhtne strong accusative singular feminine morgentorhte strong accusative singular neuter morgentorht -
brightness — clearness; brightness; shine
- appears in the 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 -
brightness — to shine around, surround with brightness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ymbsċīne first-person singular past indicative ymbsċān second-person singular present indicative ymbsċīnst second-person singular past indicative ymbsċine third-person singular present indicative ymbsċīnþ third-person singular past indicative ymbsċān
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “brightness” 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 “brightness”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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