Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cloth
5 headwords match “cloth”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; claþ ranks first.
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cloth — cloth
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clāþ genitive singular clāþes dative singular clāþe accusative singular clāþ nominative plural clāþ, clāþas genitive plural clāþa -
cloth — a small piece of cloth or leather, rag, patch
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clūt genitive singular clūtes dative singular clūte accusative singular clūt nominative plural clūtas genitive plural clūta -
cloth — a bit of cloth, patch
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fana genitive singular fanan dative singular fanan accusative singular fanan nominative plural fanan genitive plural fanena -
cloth — a small piece of cloth or leather; a patch on a garment
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clēot genitive singular clēotes dative singular clēote accusative singular clēot nominative plural clēotas genitive plural clēota -
cloth — sheet (piece of linen cloth)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċīete genitive singular sċīetan dative singular sċīetan accusative singular sċīetan nominative plural sċīetan genitive plural sċīetena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cloth” 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 “cloth”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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