Modern English → Old English
Old English word for clasp
5 headwords match “clasp”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sigel ranks first.
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clasp — clasp, button, brooch
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular siġel genitive singular siġles dative singular siġle accusative singular siġel nominative plural siġel genitive plural siġla -
clasp — clasp, hasp
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular snecce genitive singular sneccan dative singular sneccan accusative singular sneccan nominative plural sneccan genitive plural sneccena -
clasp — clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dalc genitive singular dalces dative singular dalce accusative singular dalc nominative plural dalcas genitive plural dalca -
clasp — a ring employed as a means of attachment, suspension, or compression; a loop, catch; a buc
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrinġe genitive singular hrinġan dative singular hrinġan accusative singular hrinġan nominative plural hrinġan genitive plural hrinġena -
clasp — to grasp, clasp
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ymbfō first-person singular past indicative ymbfēng second-person singular present indicative ymbfēhst second-person singular past indicative ymbfēnge third-person singular present indicative ymbfēhþ third-person singular past indicative ymbfēng
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “clasp” 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 “clasp”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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