Modern English → Old English
Old English word for white
9 headwords match “white”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; hwit ranks first.
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white — white
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hwīt strong nominative singular feminine hwīt strong nominative singular neuter hwīt strong accusative singular masculine hwītne strong accusative singular feminine hwīte strong accusative singular neuter hwīt -
white — white
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine blanc strong nominative singular feminine blanc strong nominative singular neuter blanc strong accusative singular masculine blancne strong accusative singular feminine blance strong accusative singular neuter blanc -
white — white (or grey) horse
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular blanca genitive singular blancan dative singular blancan accusative singular blancan nominative plural blancan genitive plural blancena -
white — loaf of white bread
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hwītehlāf genitive singular hwītehlāfes dative singular hwītehlāfe accusative singular hwītehlāf nominative plural hwītehlāfas genitive plural hwītehlāfa -
white — a white spot in the eye
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular flēo genitive singular flēo dative singular flēo accusative singular flēo nominative plural flēo genitive plural flēo -
white — to whiten, make white
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhwītiġe first-person singular past indicative āhwītode second-person singular present indicative āhwītast second-person singular past indicative āhwītodest third-person singular present indicative āhwītaþ third-person singular past indicative āhwītode -
white — yellow-white, yellow with a hint of white (glosses Latin gilvus (“pale yellow, dun”))
- appears in the definition
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white — all-white
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ælhwīt strong nominative singular feminine ælhwīt strong nominative singular neuter ælhwīt strong accusative singular masculine ælhwītne strong accusative singular feminine ælhwīte strong accusative singular neuter ælhwīt -
white — the White Sea
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Cwēnsǣ genitive singular Cwēnsǣ dative singular Cwēnsǣ accusative singular Cwēnsǣ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “white” 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 “white”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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