Modern English → Old English
Old English word for chain
4 headwords match “chain”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; racente ranks first.
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chain — chain, fetter
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular racente genitive singular racentan dative singular racentan accusative singular racentan nominative plural racentan genitive plural racentena -
chain — chain
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular racentēag genitive singular racentēage dative singular racentēage accusative singular racentēage nominative plural racentēaga, racentēage genitive plural racentēaga -
chain — to chain
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative racentēagiġe first-person singular past indicative racentēagode second-person singular present indicative racentēagast second-person singular past indicative racentēagodest third-person singular present indicative racentēagaþ third-person singular past indicative racentēagode -
chain — a coat of mail, chain mail
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hlenċe genitive singular hlenċan dative singular hlenċan accusative singular hlenċan nominative plural hlenċan genitive plural hlenċena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “chain” 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 “chain”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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