Modern English → Old English
Old English word for abyss
5 headwords match “abyss”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; grynde ranks first.
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abyss — abyss
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine grynde strong nominative singular feminine gryndu, gryndo strong nominative singular neuter grynde strong accusative singular masculine gryndne strong accusative singular feminine grynde strong accusative singular neuter grynde -
abyss — abyss
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular æfgrynde genitive singular æfgryndes dative singular æfgrynde accusative singular æfgrynde nominative plural æfgryndu genitive plural æfgrynda -
abyss — abyss
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular neowolnes genitive singular neowolnesse dative singular neowolnesse accusative singular neowolnesse nominative plural neowolnessa, neowolnesse genitive plural neowolnessa -
abyss — depth, the deep, the abyss, the sea
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dēop strong nominative singular feminine dēop strong nominative singular neuter dēop strong accusative singular masculine dēopne strong accusative singular feminine dēope strong accusative singular neuter dēop -
abyss — bottom; foundation
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular botm genitive singular botmes dative singular botme accusative singular botm nominative plural botmas genitive plural botma
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “abyss” 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 “abyss”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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