Modern English → Old English
Old English word for colour
5 headwords match “colour”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bleo ranks first.
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colour — colour
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular blēo genitive singular blēowes, blēos dative singular blēowe, blēo accusative singular blēo nominative plural blēo genitive plural blēowa -
colour — colour; hue, tinge
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dēag genitive singular dēage dative singular dēage accusative singular dēage nominative plural dēaga, dēage genitive plural dēaga -
colour — brown (color/colour)
- appears in the definition
- 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 -
colour — shapely; having good form or colour
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hīewlīċ strong nominative singular feminine hīewlīċ, hīewlīċu, hīewlīċo strong nominative singular neuter hīewlīċ strong accusative singular masculine hīewlīcne strong accusative singular feminine hīewlīċe strong accusative singular neuter hīewlīċ -
colour — to colour, variegate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfǣġe first-person singular past indicative āfǣġde second-person singular present indicative āfǣġest, āfǣġst second-person singular past indicative āfǣġdest third-person singular present indicative āfǣġeþ, āfǣġþ third-person singular past indicative āfǣġde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “colour” 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 “colour”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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