Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bell
5 headwords match “bell”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; belle ranks first.
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bell — bell
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular belle genitive singular bellan dative singular bellan accusative singular bellan nominative plural bellan genitive plural bellena -
bell — bell
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clucge genitive singular clucgan dative singular clucgan accusative singular clucgan nominative plural clucgan genitive plural clucgena -
bell — signal by bell
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular belltācen genitive singular belltācnes dative singular belltācne accusative singular belltācen nominative plural belltācnu genitive plural belltācna -
bell — church bell
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċiriċbelle genitive singular ċiriċbellan dative singular ċiriċbellan accusative singular ċiriċbellan nominative plural ċiriċbellan genitive plural ċiriċbellena -
bell — a knell, ring of a bell
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnyll genitive singular cnylles dative singular cnylle accusative singular cnyll nominative plural cnyllas genitive plural cnylla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bell” 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 “bell”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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