Modern English → Old English
Old English word for castle
5 headwords match “castle”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; castel ranks first.
-
castle — castle
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular castel genitive singular castelles dative singular castelle accusative singular castel nominative plural castellas, castel genitive plural castella -
castle — room, great hall, (large) house, castle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sǣl genitive singular sǣles, sǣle dative singular sǣle accusative singular sǣl, sǣle nominative plural sǣlas, sǣle, sǣla genitive plural sǣla -
castle — fortified place: stronghold, fortress, castle; a place of strength; wall, bulwark
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fæsten genitive singular fæstenes dative singular fæstene accusative singular fæsten nominative plural fæstenu genitive plural fæstena -
castle — city or town
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burg genitive singular byrġ dative singular byrġ accusative singular burg nominative plural byrġ genitive plural burga -
castle — house, castle
- 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 “castle” 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 “castle”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
Candidates derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each entry links to its source page. · CC BY-SA 4.0 and attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0