Modern English → Old English
Old English word for illuminate
7 headwords match “illuminate”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; geondlihtan ranks first.
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illuminate — to enlighten, illuminate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeondlīhte first-person singular past indicative ġeondlīhte second-person singular present indicative ġeondlīhtest, ġeondlīhst, ġeondlīhtst second-person singular past indicative ġeondlīhtest third-person singular present indicative ġeondlīhteþ, ġeondlīht third-person singular past indicative ġeondlīhte -
illuminate — to shine; illuminate, glow, light
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative līehte first-person singular past indicative līehte second-person singular present indicative līehtest, līehst, līehtst second-person singular past indicative līehtest third-person singular present indicative līehteþ, līeht third-person singular past indicative līehte -
illuminate — to illuminate, illuminate, give light
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ālīehte first-person singular past indicative ālīehte second-person singular present indicative ālīehtest, ālīehst, ālīehtst second-person singular past indicative ālīehtest third-person singular present indicative ālīehteþ, ālīeht third-person singular past indicative ālīehte -
illuminate — to shine upon, illuminate; alight
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative besċīne first-person singular past indicative besċān second-person singular present indicative besċīnst second-person singular past indicative besċine third-person singular present indicative besċīnþ third-person singular past indicative besċān -
illuminate — to shine upon, illuminate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesċīne first-person singular past indicative ġesċān second-person singular present indicative ġesċīnst second-person singular past indicative ġesċine third-person singular present indicative ġesċīnþ third-person singular past indicative ġesċān -
illuminate — to illuminate, make bright, cause to shine
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative inlīhte first-person singular past indicative inlīhte second-person singular present indicative inlīhtest, inlīhst, inlīhtst second-person singular past indicative inlīhtest third-person singular present indicative inlīhteþ, inlīht third-person singular past indicative inlīhte -
illuminate — to shine upon, illuminate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeondscīne first-person singular past indicative ġeondscān second-person singular present indicative ġeondscīnst second-person singular past indicative ġeondscine third-person singular present indicative ġeondscīnþ third-person singular past indicative ġeondscān
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “illuminate” 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 “illuminate”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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