Modern English → Old English
Old English word for confinement
5 headwords match “confinement”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; nierwþ ranks first.
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confinement — confinement, prison
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nierwþ genitive singular nierwþe dative singular nierwþe accusative singular nierwþe nominative plural nierwþa, nierwþe genitive plural nierwþa -
confinement — captivity, confinement, imprisonment, bondage, thraldom
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hæftnīed genitive singular hæftnīede dative singular hæftnīede accusative singular hæftnīed, hæftnīede nominative plural hæftnīede, hæftnīeda genitive plural hæftnīeda -
confinement — narrowness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular enġu genitive singular enġu, enġe dative singular enġu, enġe accusative singular enġu, enġe nominative plural enġu, enġe genitive plural enġa -
confinement — narrowness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine nearu, nearo strong nominative singular feminine nearu, nearo strong nominative singular neuter nearu, nearo strong accusative singular masculine nearone strong accusative singular feminine nearwe strong accusative singular neuter nearu, nearo -
confinement — hanging
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular henġen genitive singular henġenne dative singular henġenne accusative singular henġenne nominative plural henġenna, henġenne genitive plural henġenna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “confinement” 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 “confinement”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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