Modern English → Old English
Old English word for gleam
5 headwords match “gleam”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; glæm ranks first.
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gleam — gleam, splendor, radiance
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular glǣm genitive singular glǣmes dative singular glǣme accusative singular glǣm nominative plural glǣmas genitive plural glǣma -
gleam — to shine, gleam
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċimriġe first-person singular past indicative sċimrode second-person singular present indicative sċimrast second-person singular past indicative sċimrodest third-person singular present indicative sċimraþ third-person singular past indicative sċimrode -
gleam — to shine, flash, glitter, gleam
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative līxe first-person singular past indicative līxte second-person singular present indicative līxest, līxt second-person singular past indicative līxtest third-person singular present indicative līxeþ, līxt third-person singular past indicative līxte -
gleam — to shine, gleam, sparkle, glisten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative glitniġe first-person singular past indicative glitnode second-person singular present indicative glitnast second-person singular past indicative glitnodest third-person singular present indicative glitnaþ third-person singular past indicative glitnode -
gleam — to be whitened
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āblīce first-person singular past indicative āblāc second-person singular present indicative āblīcst second-person singular past indicative āblice third-person singular present indicative āblīcþ third-person singular past indicative āblāc
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “gleam” 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 “gleam”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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