Modern English → Old English
Old English word for close
5 headwords match “close”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; clysan ranks first.
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close — to close, shut
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative clȳse first-person singular past indicative clȳsde second-person singular present indicative clȳsest, clȳst second-person singular past indicative clȳsdest third-person singular present indicative clȳseþ, clȳst third-person singular past indicative clȳsde -
close — close, near
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine nēah strong nominative singular feminine nēa strong nominative singular neuter nēah strong accusative singular masculine nēane, nēanne strong accusative singular feminine nēa strong accusative singular neuter nēah -
close — close, near; nearby
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġehende strong nominative singular feminine ġehendu, ġehendo strong nominative singular neuter ġehende strong accusative singular masculine ġehendne strong accusative singular feminine ġehende strong accusative singular neuter ġehende -
close — close or important relative
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēafodmǣġ genitive singular hēafodmǣġes dative singular hēafodmǣġe accusative singular hēafodmǣġ nominative plural hēafodmāgas genitive plural hēafodmāga -
close — stingy, niggardly, miserly
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hnēaw strong nominative singular feminine hnēaw strong nominative singular neuter hnēaw strong accusative singular masculine hnēawne strong accusative singular feminine hnēawe strong accusative singular neuter hnēaw
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “close” 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 “close”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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