Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cloak
5 headwords match “cloak”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hacele ranks first.
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cloak — cloak
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hacele genitive singular hacelan dative singular hacelan accusative singular hacelan nominative plural hacelan genitive plural hacelena -
cloak — cloak, mantle, cape
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċiċċels genitive singular sċiċċelses dative singular sċiċċelse accusative singular sċiċċels nominative plural sċiċċelsas genitive plural sċiċċelsa -
cloak — cloak
- opens the headword's definition
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cloak — outergarment, mantle, cloak
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pāda genitive singular pādan dative singular pādan accusative singular pādan nominative plural pādan genitive plural pādena -
cloak — an outer garment, coat, cloak
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pād genitive singular pāde dative singular pāde accusative singular pāde nominative plural pāda, pāde genitive plural pāda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cloak” 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 “cloak”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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