Modern English → Old English
Old English word for charm
5 headwords match “charm”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; lybesn ranks first.
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charm — charm, amulet
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lybesn genitive singular lybesne dative singular lybesne accusative singular lybesne nominative plural lybesna, lybesne genitive plural lybesna -
charm — spell, charm; incantation
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġealdor genitive singular ġealdres dative singular ġealdre accusative singular ġealdor nominative plural ġealdru genitive plural ġealdra -
charm — noise, shout, clamor, uproar
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċierm genitive singular ċiermes dative singular ċierme accusative singular ċierm nominative plural ċiermas genitive plural ċierma -
charm — drug, medicine
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lybb genitive singular lybbes dative singular lybbe accusative singular lybb nominative plural lybb genitive plural lybba -
charm — to sing about, charm, enchant, bewail
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative besinge first-person singular past indicative besang second-person singular present indicative besingst second-person singular past indicative besunge third-person singular present indicative besingþ third-person singular past indicative besang
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “charm” 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 “charm”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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