Modern English → Old English
Old English word for age
5 headwords match “age”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ieldu ranks first.
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age — age
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ieldu genitive singular ieldu, ielde dative singular ieldu, ielde accusative singular ieldu, ielde nominative plural ieldu, ielde genitive plural ielda -
age — oldness, age
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdnes genitive singular ealdnesse dative singular ealdnesse accusative singular ealdnesse nominative plural ealdnessa, ealdnesse genitive plural ealdnessa -
age — of the same age
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine efneald strong nominative singular feminine efneald strong nominative singular neuter efneald strong accusative singular masculine efnealdne strong accusative singular feminine efnealde strong accusative singular neuter efneald -
age — time in general
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tīd genitive singular tīde dative singular tīde accusative singular tīd, tīde nominative plural tīde, tīda genitive plural tīda -
age — year
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġēar genitive singular ġēares dative singular ġēare accusative singular ġēar nominative plural ġēar genitive plural ġēara
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “age” 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 “age”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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