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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for misty

3 headwords match “misty”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; mistig ranks first.

  1. 1

    mistig

    score 24

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    misty — misty

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine mistiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine mistiġu, mistġu, mistiġo, mistġo
    strong nominative singular neuter mistiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine mistiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine mistiġe, mistġe
    strong accusative singular neuter mistiġ
  2. 2

    mistglom

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    misty — misty gloom

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    þuxian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    misty — to make misty or dark

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative þuxiġe
    first-person singular past indicative þuxode
    second-person singular present indicative þuxast
    second-person singular past indicative þuxodest
    third-person singular present indicative þuxaþ
    third-person singular past indicative þuxode

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “misty” 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.

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