Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bill
5 headwords match “bill”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; bile ranks first.
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bill — bill of a bird
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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bill — a kind of sword or other bladed weapon, apparently having two edges
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bil genitive singular billes dative singular bille accusative singular bil nominative plural bil genitive plural billa -
bill — face
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nebb genitive singular nebbes dative singular nebbe accusative singular nebb nominative plural nebb genitive plural nebba -
bill — jaw; cheek
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċeafl genitive singular ċeafles dative singular ċeafle accusative singular ċeafl nominative plural ċeaflas genitive plural ċeafla -
bill — billed; having a bill
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bill” 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 “bill”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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