Modern English → Old English
Old English word for certain
5 headwords match “certain”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; witodlic ranks first.
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certain — certain
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine witodlīċ strong nominative singular feminine witodlīċ, witodlīċu, witodlīċo strong nominative singular neuter witodlīċ strong accusative singular masculine witodlīcne strong accusative singular feminine witodlīċe strong accusative singular neuter witodlīċ -
certain — appointed, ordained, assured, certain, sure
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine witod strong nominative singular feminine witod strong nominative singular neuter witod strong accusative singular masculine witodne strong accusative singular feminine witode strong accusative singular neuter witod -
certain — a certain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ān strong nominative singular feminine ān strong nominative singular neuter ān strong accusative singular masculine ānne strong accusative singular feminine āne strong accusative singular neuter ān -
certain — having a certain number of floors: -story, -stories
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine -flēre strong nominative singular feminine -flēru, -flēro strong nominative singular neuter -flēre strong accusative singular masculine -flērne strong accusative singular feminine -flēre strong accusative singular neuter -flēre -
certain — Forms adjectives from certain nouns. Often drops the initial h-, taking the form -līepe.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine -hlīepe strong nominative singular feminine -hlīepu, -hlīepo strong nominative singular neuter -hlīepe strong accusative singular masculine -hlīepne strong accusative singular feminine -hlīepe strong accusative singular neuter -hlīepe
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “certain” 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.
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