Modern English → Old English
Old English word for yellow
5 headwords match “yellow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; geolu ranks first.
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yellow — yellow
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeolu, ġeolo strong nominative singular feminine ġeolu, ġeolo strong nominative singular neuter ġeolu, ġeolo strong accusative singular masculine ġeolone strong accusative singular feminine ġeolwe strong accusative singular neuter ġeolu, ġeolo -
yellow — to become yellow
- 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 ġeolwiġe first-person singular past indicative ġeolwode second-person singular present indicative ġeolwast second-person singular past indicative ġeolwodest third-person singular present indicative ġeolwaþ third-person singular past indicative ġeolwode -
yellow — yellow, dusky, grey
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fealu, fealo strong nominative singular feminine fealu, fealo strong nominative singular neuter fealu, fealo strong accusative singular masculine fealone strong accusative singular feminine fealwe strong accusative singular neuter fealu, fealo -
yellow — yellow
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeolo, ġeolu strong nominative singular feminine ġeolo, ġeolu strong nominative singular neuter ġeolo, ġeolu strong accusative singular masculine ġeolone strong accusative singular feminine ġeolwe strong accusative singular neuter ġeolo, ġeolu -
yellow — to grow yellow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fealwiġe first-person singular past indicative fealwode second-person singular present indicative fealwast second-person singular past indicative fealwodest third-person singular present indicative fealwaþ third-person singular past indicative fealwode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “yellow” 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 “yellow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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