Modern English → Old English
Old English word for child
5 headwords match “child”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; cild ranks first.
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child — child
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċild genitive singular ċildes dative singular ċilde accusative singular ċild nominative plural ċildru, ċild genitive plural ċildra, ċilda -
child — child
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bearn genitive singular bearnes dative singular bearne accusative singular bearn nominative plural bearn genitive plural bearna -
child — child
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular umbor genitive singular umbores dative singular umbore accusative singular umbor nominative plural umbor genitive plural umbora -
child — child
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wenċel genitive singular wencles dative singular wencle accusative singular wenċel nominative plural wenclu genitive plural wencla -
child — child, son, descendant; young man, youth
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byre genitive singular byres dative singular byre accusative singular byre nominative plural byras genitive plural byra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “child” 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 “child”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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