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Old English word for dusky

4 headwords match “dusky”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hasu ranks first.

  1. 1

    hasu

    score 15

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    dusky — dusky; grey; ashen

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine hasu, haso
    strong nominative singular feminine hasu, haso
    strong nominative singular neuter hasu, haso
    strong accusative singular masculine hasone
    strong accusative singular feminine haswe
    strong accusative singular neuter hasu, haso
  2. 2

    salu

    score 15

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    dusky — dusky

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine salu, salo
    strong nominative singular feminine salu, salo
    strong nominative singular neuter salu, salo
    strong accusative singular masculine salone
    strong accusative singular feminine salwe
    strong accusative singular neuter salu, salo
  3. 3

    eorp

    score 11

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    dusky — dark, dusky

    • appears in the 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
  4. 4

    fealu

    score 11

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    dusky — yellow, dusky, grey

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine fealu, fealo
    strong nominative singular feminine fealu, fealo
    strong nominative singular neuter fealu, fealo
    strong accusative singular masculine fealone
    strong accusative singular feminine fealwe
    strong accusative singular neuter fealu, fealo

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dusky” 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.

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