Modern English → Old English
Old English word for grey
5 headwords match “grey”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; græg ranks first.
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grey — grey
- opens the headword's definition
- 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 -
grey — grey
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hār strong nominative singular feminine hār strong nominative singular neuter hār strong accusative singular masculine hārne strong accusative singular feminine hāre strong accusative singular neuter hār -
grey — grey; greyish
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine haswiġ strong nominative singular feminine haswiġu, haswiġo strong nominative singular neuter haswiġ strong accusative singular masculine haswiġne strong accusative singular feminine haswiġe strong accusative singular neuter haswiġ -
grey — dusky; grey; ashen
- appears in the 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 -
grey — 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 “grey” 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 “grey”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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