Modern English → Old English
Old English word for glisten
3 headwords match “glisten”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; glisnian ranks first.
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glisten — to glisten
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative glisniġe first-person singular past indicative glisnode second-person singular present indicative glisnast second-person singular past indicative glisnodest third-person singular present indicative glisnaþ third-person singular past indicative glisnode -
glisten — to shine, glisten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative glisiġe first-person singular past indicative glisode second-person singular present indicative glisast second-person singular past indicative glisodest third-person singular present indicative glisaþ third-person singular past indicative glisode -
glisten — 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
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “glisten” 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 “glisten”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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