Modern English → Old English
Old English word for city
5 headwords match “city”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; burg ranks first.
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city — city or town
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burg genitive singular byrġ dative singular byrġ accusative singular burg nominative plural byrġ genitive plural burga -
city — city of refuge
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċieldburg genitive singular sċieldbyrġ dative singular sċieldbyrġ accusative singular sċieldburg nominative plural sċieldbyrġ genitive plural sċieldburga -
city — a city dwelling
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burgsæl genitive singular burgsæles dative singular burgsæle accusative singular burgsæl nominative plural burgsalu genitive plural burgsala -
city — capital city
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēafodburg genitive singular hēafodbyrġ dative singular hēafodbyrġ accusative singular hēafodburg nominative plural hēafodbyrġ genitive plural hēafodburga -
city — citizenry, inhabitants of a city
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burgwaru genitive singular burgware dative singular burgware accusative singular burgware
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “city” 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 “city”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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