Modern English → Old English
Old English word for purple
10 headwords match “purple”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; purpul ranks first.
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purple — purple
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine purpul strong nominative singular feminine purplu, purplo strong nominative singular neuter purpul strong accusative singular masculine purpelne strong accusative singular feminine purple strong accusative singular neuter purpul -
purple — purple; scarlet; crimson
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine basu, baso strong nominative singular feminine basu, baso strong nominative singular neuter basu, baso strong accusative singular masculine basone strong accusative singular feminine baswe strong accusative singular neuter basu, baso -
purple — purple; blue-red
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine blēorēad strong nominative singular feminine blēorēad strong nominative singular neuter blēorēad strong accusative singular masculine blēorēadne strong accusative singular feminine blēorēade strong accusative singular neuter blēorēad -
purple — purple
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine purpuren strong nominative singular feminine purpuren strong nominative singular neuter purpuren strong accusative singular masculine purpurenne strong accusative singular feminine purpurene strong accusative singular neuter purpuren -
purple — purple; scarlet
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wyrmrēad strong nominative singular feminine wyrmrēad strong nominative singular neuter wyrmrēad strong accusative singular masculine wyrmrēadne strong accusative singular feminine wyrmrēade strong accusative singular neuter wyrmrēad -
purple — purple
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fellerēad strong nominative singular feminine fellerēad strong nominative singular neuter fellerēad strong accusative singular masculine fellerēadne strong accusative singular feminine fellerēade strong accusative singular neuter fellerēad -
purple — purple
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine godwebben strong nominative singular feminine godwebbenu, godwebnu, godwebbeno, godwebno strong nominative singular neuter godwebben strong accusative singular masculine godwebbenne strong accusative singular feminine godwebbene, godwebne strong accusative singular neuter godwebben -
purple — purple
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine weolocbasu, weolocbaso strong nominative singular feminine weolocbasu, weolocbaso strong nominative singular neuter weolocbasu, weolocbaso strong accusative singular masculine weolocbasone strong accusative singular feminine weolocbaswe strong accusative singular neuter weolocbasu, weolocbaso -
purple — blue, azure, purple
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hǣwen strong nominative singular feminine hǣwenu, hǣwnu, hǣweno, hǣwno strong nominative singular neuter hǣwen strong accusative singular masculine hǣwenne strong accusative singular feminine hǣwene, hǣwne strong accusative singular neuter hǣwen -
purple — dark purple
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brūnbasu, brūnbaso strong nominative singular feminine brūnbasu, brūnbaso strong nominative singular neuter brūnbasu, brūnbaso strong accusative singular masculine brūnbasone strong accusative singular feminine brūnbaswe strong accusative singular neuter brūnbasu, brūnbaso
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “purple” 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?
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