Modern English → Old English
Old English word for body
10 headwords match “body”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; bodig ranks first.
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body — stature
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bodiġ genitive singular bodiġes dative singular bodiġe accusative singular bodiġ nominative plural bodiġ genitive plural bodiġa -
body — body, torso
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bānhūs genitive singular bānhūses dative singular bānhūse accusative singular bānhūs nominative plural bānhūs genitive plural bānhūsa -
body — body
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līchama genitive singular līchaman dative singular līchaman accusative singular līchaman nominative plural līchaman genitive plural līchamena -
body — body
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feorhhūs genitive singular feorhhūses dative singular feorhhūse accusative singular feorhhūs nominative plural feorhhūs genitive plural feorhhūsa -
body — body
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sāwolhūs genitive singular sāwolhūses dative singular sāwolhūse accusative singular sāwolhūs nominative plural sāwolhūs genitive plural sāwolhūsa -
body — body of water
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wætersċipe genitive singular wætersċipes dative singular wætersċipe accusative singular wætersċipe nominative plural wætersċipas genitive plural wætersċipa -
body — dead body, corpse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līċ genitive singular līċes dative singular līċe accusative singular līċ nominative plural līc genitive plural līca -
body — trunk, body
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byrla genitive singular byrlan dative singular byrlan accusative singular byrlan nominative plural byrlan genitive plural byrlena -
body — soul-enclosure, bosom, body
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ferhþloca genitive singular ferhþlocan dative singular ferhþlocan accusative singular ferhþlocan nominative plural ferhþlocan genitive plural ferhþlocena -
body — dead body; carcass
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hold strong nominative singular feminine hold strong nominative singular neuter hold strong accusative singular masculine holdne strong accusative singular feminine holde strong accusative singular neuter hold
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “body” 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 “body”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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