Modern English → Old English
Old English word for angel
5 headwords match “angel”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; engel ranks first.
-
angel — angel
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular enġel genitive singular engles dative singular engle accusative singular enġel nominative plural englas genitive plural engla -
angel — a heavenly angel
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular upengel genitive singular upengles dative singular upengle accusative singular upengel nominative plural upenglas genitive plural upengla -
angel — a spiritual or spirit messenger; an angel
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣrendgāst genitive singular ǣrendgāstes dative singular ǣrendgāste accusative singular ǣrendgāst nominative plural ǣrendgāstas genitive plural ǣrendgāsta -
angel — a spirit of glory; a glorious ghost; an angel
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wuldorgāst genitive singular wuldorgāstes dative singular wuldorgāste accusative singular wuldorgāst nominative plural wuldorgāstas genitive plural wuldorgāsta -
angel — An angel of Heaven
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heofonenġel genitive singular heofonengles dative singular heofonengle accusative singular heofonenġel nominative plural heofonenglas genitive plural heofonengla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “angel” 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 “angel”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
Candidates derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each entry links to its source page. · CC BY-SA 4.0 and attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0