Modern English → Old English
Old English word for gray
8 headwords match “gray”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; græg ranks first.
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gray — grey
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine grǣġ strong nominative singular feminine grǣġ strong nominative singular neuter grǣġ strong accusative singular masculine grǣġne strong accusative singular feminine grǣġe strong accusative singular neuter grǣġ -
gray — dark gray
- appears in the definition
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gray — dark gray
- appears in the definition
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gray — dark gray
- appears in the definition
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gray — flint gray, the color of flint
- appears in the definition
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gray — ash gray, the color of ash
- appears in the definition
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gray — iron gray, the color of iron
- appears in the definition
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gray — earth-colored, earth-gray
- 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 “gray” 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 “gray”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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