Modern English → Old English
Old English word for coal
5 headwords match “coal”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; col ranks first.
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coal — coal
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine cōl strong nominative singular feminine cōl strong nominative singular neuter cōl strong accusative singular masculine cōlne strong accusative singular feminine cōle strong accusative singular neuter cōl -
coal — coal black: as black as coal
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine colsweart strong nominative singular feminine colsweart strong nominative singular neuter colsweart strong accusative singular masculine colsweartne strong accusative singular feminine colswearte strong accusative singular neuter colsweart -
coal — black as coal
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine coliġ strong nominative singular feminine coliġ strong nominative singular neuter coliġ strong accusative singular masculine coliġne strong accusative singular feminine coliġe strong accusative singular neuter coliġ -
coal — coal tit (Periparus ater)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular colmāse genitive singular colmāsan dative singular colmāsan accusative singular colmāsan nominative plural colmāsan genitive plural colmāsena -
coal — burning or live coal, gleed, ember, fire, flame, spark
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular glēd genitive singular glēde dative singular glēde accusative singular glēd, glēde nominative plural glēde, glēda genitive plural glēda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “coal” 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 “coal”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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