Modern English → Old English
Old English word for night
5 headwords match “night”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; niht ranks first.
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night — night
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular niht genitive singular niht, nihtes dative singular niht, nihte accusative singular niht nominative plural niht genitive plural nihta -
night — to become night
- 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 nihtiġe first-person singular past indicative nihtode second-person singular present indicative nihtast second-person singular past indicative nihtodest third-person singular present indicative nihtaþ third-person singular past indicative nihtode -
night — night watch
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nihtwacu genitive singular nihtwace dative singular nihtwace accusative singular nihtwace nominative plural nihtwaca, nihtwace genitive plural nihtwaca -
night — night watch
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nihtwæċċe genitive singular nihtwæċċan dative singular nihtwæċċan accusative singular nihtwæċċan nominative plural nihtwæċċan genitive plural nihtwæċċena -
night — Thursday night
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular frīġeniht genitive singular frīġeniht, frīġenihtes dative singular frīġeniht, frīġenihte accusative singular frīġeniht nominative plural frīġeniht genitive plural frīġenihta
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “night” 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 “night”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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