Modern English → Old English
Old English word for corpse
5 headwords match “corpse”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hræw ranks first.
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corpse — corpse, carrion
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrǣw genitive singular hrǣwes dative singular hrǣwe accusative singular hrǣw nominative plural hrǣw genitive plural hrǣwa -
corpse — dead body, corpse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līċ genitive singular līċes dative singular līċe accusative singular līċ nominative plural līc genitive plural līca -
corpse — a corpse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nēo genitive singular nēowes dative singular nēowe accusative singular nēo nominative plural nēo genitive plural nēowa -
corpse — a person having to do with a corpse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līċmann genitive singular līċmannes dative singular līċmenn accusative singular līċmann nominative plural līċmenn genitive plural līċmanna -
corpse — the body or corpse of a host (i.e. a multitude or army)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dryhtnēo genitive singular dryhtnēowes dative singular dryhtnēowe accusative singular dryhtnēo nominative plural dryhtnēo genitive plural dryhtnēowa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “corpse” 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 “corpse”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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