Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lit
5 headwords match “lit”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; wlite ranks first.
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lit — looks, appearance, aspect
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wlite genitive singular wlites dative singular wlite accusative singular wlite nominative plural wlitas genitive plural wlita -
lit — grandson (lit., "son's son", specifically the son of one's son)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sunsunu genitive singular sunsuna dative singular sunsuna accusative singular sunsunu nominative plural sunsuna genitive plural sunsuna -
lit — a bird, (lit.) a flyer
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular flēogenda genitive singular flēogendan dative singular flēogendan accusative singular flēogendan nominative plural flēogendan genitive plural flēogendena -
lit — grandson (lit., "daughter's son", specifically the son of one's daughter)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dohtorsunu genitive singular dohtorsuna dative singular dohtorsuna accusative singular dohtorsunu nominative plural dohtorsuna genitive plural dohtorsuna -
lit — hail (lit. Health be (to) X)
- 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 “lit” 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 “lit”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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