Word-level dictionaries
Latin and Old English word lookup on LiteralKit is a pair of in-browser dictionaries, not a fluent translator and not a model. Type common English words on the Latin page or the Old English page. Each listed word is replaced only when that local glossary has an entry. Unknown words stay exactly as typed. This index explains the job so you open the right tool instead of expecting a sentence of prose.
English to Latin word lookup for common vocabulary, with leftovers left plain.
English to Old English word lookup for listed modern words, not a reconstruction of a manuscript.
The lookup is word-level. The Latin tool lowercases each English token and replaces it only when the local dictionary knows that token. Spaces and punctuation stay. A phrase such as “peace and love” becomes a sequence of available entries plus any unchanged leftovers. It does not choose case, gender, number, or word order for a Latin sentence. The Old English tool works the same way against a different glossary.
That is still useful. A student who wants a gloss for water, fire, or earth can copy the listed equivalents without pretending the line is a translation of a paragraph. A writer who wants a single Old English noun in a caption can look it up without a model inventing inflections. This hub is for those short, inspectable jobs.
LiteralKit keeps the two dictionaries on separate URLs because the coverage maps are different. Merging them into one box would hide which glossary missed a word. This hub exists so search visitors who type a combined query still land on an honest explanation, then choose Latin or Old English. The combined name is a search job, not a third converter that mixes both languages in one output.
These dictionaries will not compose a sentence, decline a noun, conjugate a verb, or modernize a manuscript. It will not guess an unlisted word. It will not send your text to a translation API. Both tools run in the browser. Shakespeare, which is a creative rewrite after Rewrite, is a different page and a different processing path.
If you need fluent Latin prose, use a grammar reference or a qualified Latinist. If you need a diplomatic transcription of Old English, use an edition, not a glossary of modern headwords. If you need a character style rather than a language gloss, use a writing generator such as italic or gothic. This hub is only the dictionary step.
Unknown words remaining in English are a feature. They show the edge of the list. Do not treat a mixed line as a complete translation. Copy the result only after you have read which tokens changed. The status text on each tool counts unavailable words so that leftover English is visible instead of silently replaced with a lookalike.
Open the Latin translator for classical-language glosses of common modern English words. Open the Old English translator for listed equivalents in that glossary. Type one word to see a single hit or miss. Type a short list to see a mixed line. Copy when the available entries are enough. If too much stays in English, shorten the input or accept that the listed glossaries do not cover that vocabulary.
Test the copied text in the destination. Special letters in Old English may render differently by font. Latin output is ordinary Latin letters for the listed entries, but a reader can still misread a gloss as a sentence. Keep the English source nearby when the line will be used in notes or teaching materials.
Related reading: the translator limits guide explains word-level maps in general, including Morse and Braille. This hub is the language-glossary instance of that same rule: listed tokens convert, everything else stays. The writing hub lists the other writing tools that restyle letters instead of glossing them.
Corrections belong on Contact with the tool URL and the smallest English word that looks wrong. Do not send confidential text. A dictionary miss is usually a missing entry, not a model failure. The two tools will stay local glossaries unless a future page says otherwise in the same explicit way Shakespeare already does for network rewrites.
Coverage examples help set the expectation. Love, water, and peace are the kind of headwords a small glossary can carry. A rare scientific term, a slang verb, or a proper name usually stays in English. That leftover is the honest result. Do not pad the line with lookalike letters from another alphabet to make it look Latin. The same rule applies to Old English: ash, eth, and thorn appear only when the listed equivalent uses them, not as decoration sprinkled onto modern English.
Teaching and note-taking are the main destinations. A caption, a flashcard, or a margin gloss can use a single listed equivalent. An essay, a subtitle file, or a legal exhibit cannot. If you are preparing something that will be graded as Latin composition or as Old English philology, stop here and use a reference grammar. The two tool pages will still be useful for checking whether a common modern word even has a listed gloss.
Fonts matter more on the Old English side because some letters sit outside basic Latin. Paste a sample into the notes app or LMS you actually use. If a letter boxes, keep the modern English spelling beside it so a later reader can recover the meaning. Latin output from the listed entries is ordinary Latin letters and is usually safer in email, but a gloss is still not a sentence.
This index will not grow a third language just to capture another query. A new glossary has to be a distinct dictionary with a leftover rule, the same way Latin and Old English already are. Until then, choose one of the two tools below the intro, type a short English list, and read the unavailable count before you copy. Latin and Old English word lookup stays two local dictionaries with a leftover rule, not a mixed-language generator.