Modern English → Old English
Old English word for animal
10 headwords match “animal”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; neat ranks first.
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animal — animal, beast
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nēat genitive singular nēates dative singular nēate accusative singular nēat nominative plural nēat genitive plural nēata -
animal — animal
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nīeten genitive singular nīetenes dative singular nīetene accusative singular nīeten nominative plural nīetenu genitive plural nīetena -
animal — young animal, baby
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċitten genitive singular ċittenes dative singular ċittene accusative singular ċitten nominative plural ċittenu genitive plural ċittena -
animal — wild animal, beast
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dēor strong nominative singular feminine dēor strong nominative singular neuter dēor strong accusative singular masculine dēorne strong accusative singular feminine dēore strong accusative singular neuter dēor -
animal — ram (animal)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ramm genitive singular rammes dative singular ramme accusative singular ramm nominative plural rammas genitive plural ramma -
animal — mole (animal)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wand genitive singular wande dative singular wande accusative singular wande nominative plural wanda, wande genitive plural wanda -
animal — any crawling animal, especially
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrm genitive singular wyrmes dative singular wyrme accusative singular wyrm nominative plural wyrmas genitive plural wyrma -
animal — seal (animal)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular seolh genitive singular sēoles dative singular sēole accusative singular seolh nominative plural sēolas genitive plural sēola -
animal — of or belonging to a wild beast, bestial, animal
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dēoren strong nominative singular feminine dēorenu, dēornu, dēoreno, dēorno strong nominative singular neuter dēoren strong accusative singular masculine dēorenne strong accusative singular feminine dēorene, dēorne strong accusative singular neuter dēoren -
animal — sea beast; aquatic animal ("seadeer")
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sǣdēor genitive singular sǣdēores dative singular sǣdēore accusative singular sǣdēor nominative plural sǣdēoras, sǣdēor genitive plural sǣdēora
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “animal” 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 “animal”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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