Modern English → Old English
Old English word for can
5 headwords match “can”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; canne ranks first.
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can — a can; cup; krater
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular canne genitive singular cannan dative singular cannan accusative singular cannan nominative plural cannan genitive plural cannena -
can — to know, to be familiar with
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cann first-person singular past indicative cūþe second-person singular present indicative canst second-person singular past indicative cūþest third-person singular present indicative cann third-person singular past indicative cūþe -
can — can, to be able
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative mæġ first-person singular past indicative meahte, mehte second-person singular present indicative meaht second-person singular past indicative meahtest, mehtest third-person singular present indicative mæġ third-person singular past indicative meahte, mehte -
can — can (to be allowed)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative mōt first-person singular past indicative mōste second-person singular present indicative mōst second-person singular past indicative mōstest third-person singular present indicative mōt third-person singular past indicative mōste -
can — time in general
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tīd genitive singular tīde dative singular tīde accusative singular tīd, tīde nominative plural tīde, tīda genitive plural tīda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “can” 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 “can”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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