Modern English → Old English
Old English word for brown
4 headwords match “brown”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; brun ranks first.
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brown — brown (color/colour)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brūn strong nominative singular feminine brūn strong nominative singular neuter brūn strong accusative singular masculine brūnne strong accusative singular feminine brūne strong accusative singular neuter brūn -
brown — dark brown
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine salubrūn strong nominative singular feminine salubrūn strong nominative singular neuter salubrūn strong accusative singular masculine salubrūnne strong accusative singular feminine salubrūne strong accusative singular neuter salubrūn -
brown — 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 -
brown — dark, dusky
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine eorp strong nominative singular feminine eorp strong nominative singular neuter eorp strong accusative singular masculine eorpne strong accusative singular feminine eorpe strong accusative singular neuter eorp
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “brown” 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 “brown”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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