Modern English → Old English
Old English word for balance
5 headwords match “balance”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; heolor ranks first.
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balance — balance, scales
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heolor genitive singular heolore dative singular heolore accusative singular heolore nominative plural heolora, heolore genitive plural heolora -
balance — a balance, scales
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wǣġe genitive singular wǣġes dative singular wǣġe accusative singular wǣġe nominative plural wǣġu genitive plural wǣġa -
balance — a balance
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular efnetta genitive singular efnettan dative singular efnettan accusative singular efnettan nominative plural efnettan genitive plural efnettena -
balance — the scale of a balance
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heolorbledu genitive singular heolorblede dative singular heolorblede accusative singular heolorblede nominative plural heolorbleda, heolorblede genitive plural heolorbleda -
balance — a weight
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wǣġ genitive singular wǣġes dative singular wǣġe accusative singular wǣġ nominative plural wǣgas genitive plural wǣga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “balance” 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 “balance”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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