Modern English → Old English
Old English word for calamity
5 headwords match “calamity”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ungesælignes ranks first.
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calamity — calamity
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unġesǣliġnes genitive singular unġesǣliġnesse dative singular unġesǣliġnesse accusative singular unġesǣliġnesse nominative plural unġesǣliġnessa, unġesǣliġnesse genitive plural unġesǣliġnessa -
calamity — sudden danger, calamity
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fær genitive singular færes dative singular fære accusative singular fær nominative plural faru genitive plural fara -
calamity — sudden danger, calamity; ambush
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġefǣr genitive singular ġefǣres dative singular ġefǣre accusative singular ġefǣr nominative plural ġefǣras genitive plural ġefǣra -
calamity — blame, accusation, slander; reproach
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wrōht genitive singular wrōhte, wrōhtes dative singular wrōhte accusative singular wrōhte, wrōht nominative plural wrōhta, wrōhte, wrōhtas genitive plural wrōhta -
calamity — a destructive or deadly path
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bealusīþ genitive singular bealusīþes dative singular bealusīþe accusative singular bealusīþ nominative plural bealusīþas genitive plural bealusīþa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “calamity” 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 “calamity”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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