Modern English → Old English
Old English word for gloom
6 headwords match “gloom”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; glom ranks first.
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gloom — gloom; twilight, gloaming
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular glōm genitive singular glōmes dative singular glōme accusative singular glōm nominative plural glōmas genitive plural glōma -
gloom — gloom
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġesweorcnes genitive singular ġesweorcnesse dative singular ġesweorcnesse accusative singular ġesweorcnesse nominative plural ġesweorcnessa, ġesweorcnesse genitive plural ġesweorcnessa -
gloom — the evening gloom: twilight
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣfenglōm genitive singular ǣfenglōmes dative singular ǣfenglōme accusative singular ǣfenglōm nominative plural ǣfenglōmas genitive plural ǣfenglōma -
gloom — darkness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þīestru genitive singular þīestre dative singular þīestre accusative singular þīestre nominative plural þīestra, þīestre genitive plural þīestra -
gloom — misty gloom
- appears in the definition
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gloom — sad from old age or winter's gloom, sad as winter
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine winterċeariġ strong nominative singular feminine winterċeariġ strong nominative singular neuter winterċeariġ strong accusative singular masculine winterċeariġne strong accusative singular feminine winterċeariġe strong accusative singular neuter winterċeariġ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “gloom” 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 “gloom”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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