Modern English → Old English
Old English word for citizen
5 headwords match “citizen”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; portmann ranks first.
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citizen — citizen
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular portmann genitive singular portmannes dative singular portmenn accusative singular portmann nominative plural portmenn genitive plural portmanna -
citizen — burgess, citizen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burhlēod genitive singular burhlēode dative singular burhlēode accusative singular burhlēode nominative plural burhlēoda, burhlēode genitive plural burhlēoda -
citizen — burgess, citizen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burhlēoda genitive singular burhlēodan dative singular burhlēodan accusative singular burhlēodan nominative plural burhlēodan genitive plural burhlēodena -
citizen — a citizen, townsperson
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċeasterlēod genitive singular ċeasterlēode dative singular ċeasterlēode accusative singular ċeasterlēode nominative plural ċeasterlēoda, ċeasterlēode genitive plural ċeasterlēoda -
citizen — a ruler of a city, mayor
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burgealdor genitive singular burgealdres dative singular burgealdre accusative singular burgealdor nominative plural burgealdras genitive plural burgealdra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “citizen” 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 “citizen”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
Candidates derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each entry links to its source page. · CC BY-SA 4.0 and attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0