Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dark
5 headwords match “dark”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; deorc ranks first.
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dark — dark
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine deorc strong nominative singular feminine deorc strong nominative singular neuter deorc strong accusative singular masculine deorcne strong accusative singular feminine deorce strong accusative singular neuter deorc -
dark — dark, swarthy
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dox strong nominative singular feminine dox strong nominative singular neuter dox strong accusative singular masculine doxne strong accusative singular feminine doxe strong accusative singular neuter dox -
dark — dark, dirty, soiled
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sol strong nominative singular feminine solu, solo strong nominative singular neuter sol strong accusative singular masculine solne strong accusative singular feminine sole strong accusative singular neuter sol -
dark — dark, dusky
- opens the headword's definition
- 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 -
dark — dark
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wann strong nominative singular feminine wann strong nominative singular neuter wann strong accusative singular masculine wanne strong accusative singular feminine wanne strong accusative singular neuter wann
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dark” 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 “dark”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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