Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dull
8 headwords match “dull”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; unglæd ranks first.
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dull — dull, not shiny
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unglæd strong nominative singular feminine ungladu, unglado strong nominative singular neuter unglæd strong accusative singular masculine unglædne strong accusative singular feminine unglade strong accusative singular neuter unglæd -
dull — foolish
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dol strong nominative singular feminine dolu, dolo strong nominative singular neuter dol strong accusative singular masculine dolne strong accusative singular feminine dole strong accusative singular neuter dol -
dull — stupid, foolish; dull
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dwǣs strong nominative singular feminine dwǣs strong nominative singular neuter dwǣs strong accusative singular masculine dwǣsne strong accusative singular feminine dwǣse strong accusative singular neuter dwǣs -
dull — to blunt, to dull
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative stynte first-person singular past indicative stynte second-person singular present indicative styntest, stynst, styntst second-person singular past indicative styntest third-person singular present indicative stynteþ, stynt third-person singular past indicative stynte -
dull — unwise, without understanding, ignorant, unskilled
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unglēaw strong nominative singular feminine unglēaw strong nominative singular neuter unglēaw strong accusative singular masculine unglēawne strong accusative singular feminine unglēawe strong accusative singular neuter unglēaw -
dull — to blunt, stint, make dull
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āstinte first-person singular past indicative āstant second-person singular present indicative āstinst, āstintst second-person singular past indicative āstunte third-person singular present indicative āstint third-person singular past indicative āstant -
dull — to turn pale
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āblāciġe first-person singular past indicative āblācode second-person singular present indicative āblācast second-person singular past indicative āblācodest third-person singular present indicative āblācaþ third-person singular past indicative āblācode -
dull — to grow timid, turn coward, lose heart
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative eargiġe first-person singular past indicative eargode second-person singular present indicative eargast second-person singular past indicative eargodest third-person singular present indicative eargaþ third-person singular past indicative eargode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dull” 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 “dull”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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