Modern English → Old English
Old English word for account
5 headwords match “account”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; talu ranks first.
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account — account, reckoning
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular talu genitive singular tale dative singular tale accusative singular tale nominative plural tala, tale genitive plural tala -
account — narrative, account
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular insiht genitive singular insihte dative singular insihte accusative singular insiht, insihte nominative plural insihte, insihta genitive plural insihta -
account — an account of martyrs
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular martyrracu genitive singular martyrrace dative singular martyrrace accusative singular martyrrace nominative plural martyrraca, martyrrace genitive plural martyrraca -
account — rule, government
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġerec genitive singular ġereces dative singular ġerece accusative singular ġerec nominative plural ġerecu genitive plural ġereca -
account — shortness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċortnes genitive singular sċortnesse dative singular sċortnesse accusative singular sċortnesse nominative plural sċortnessa, sċortnesse genitive plural sċortnessa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “account” 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 “account”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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