Modern English → Old English
Old English word for light
5 headwords match “light”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; leoht ranks first.
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light — light
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lēoht strong nominative singular feminine lēoht strong nominative singular neuter lēoht strong accusative singular masculine lēohtne strong accusative singular feminine lēohte strong accusative singular neuter lēoht -
light — light
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lēht strong nominative singular feminine lēht strong nominative singular neuter lēht strong accusative singular masculine lēhtne strong accusative singular feminine lēhte strong accusative singular neuter lēht -
light — to shine; illuminate, glow, light
- 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 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 -
light — light blue
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine blǣhǣwen strong nominative singular feminine blǣhǣwenu, blǣhǣwnu, blǣhǣweno, blǣhǣwno strong nominative singular neuter blǣhǣwen strong accusative singular masculine blǣhǣwenne strong accusative singular feminine blǣhǣwene, blǣhǣwne strong accusative singular neuter blǣhǣwen -
light — light, shining, illumination
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līehting genitive singular līehtinge dative singular līehtinge accusative singular līehtinge
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “light” 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 “light”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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