Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dun
4 headwords match “dun”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dunn ranks first.
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dun — dark, dun, brown, or black in color (glosses Latin fuscus and aquilus)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- 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 -
dun — din
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dyne genitive singular dynes dative singular dyne accusative singular dyne nominative plural dynas genitive plural dyna -
dun — to make a noise; to resound
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dynne first-person singular past indicative dynede second-person singular present indicative dynest second-person singular past indicative dynedest third-person singular present indicative dyneþ third-person singular past indicative dynede -
dun — yellow-white, yellow with a hint of white (glosses Latin gilvus (“pale yellow, dun”))
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dun” 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 “dun”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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