Modern English → Old English
Old English word for chair
4 headwords match “chair”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; stol ranks first.
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chair — chair, seat
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stōl genitive singular stōles dative singular stōle accusative singular stōl nominative plural stōlas genitive plural stōla -
chair — the throne, stool, or chair of a prince
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bregostōl genitive singular bregostōles dative singular bregostōle accusative singular bregostōl nominative plural bregostōlas genitive plural bregostōla -
chair — folding chair
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fieldstōl genitive singular fieldstōles dative singular fieldstōle accusative singular fieldstōl nominative plural fieldstōlas genitive plural fieldstōla -
chair — main place, capital
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēafodstōl genitive singular hēafodstōles dative singular hēafodstōle accusative singular hēafodstōl nominative plural hēafodstōlas genitive plural hēafodstōla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “chair” 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 “chair”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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