Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cover
5 headwords match “cover”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hlid ranks first.
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cover — cover, lid
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hlid genitive singular hlides dative singular hlide accusative singular hlid nominative plural hlidu genitive plural hlida -
cover — cover, lid, roof
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġehlid genitive singular ġehlides dative singular ġehlide accusative singular ġehlid nominative plural ġehlidu genitive plural ġehlida -
cover — "night-helm"; cover of night
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nihthelm genitive singular nihthelmes dative singular nihthelme accusative singular nihthelm nominative plural nihthelmas genitive plural nihthelma -
cover — the cover of darkness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċeaduhelm genitive singular sċeaduhelmes dative singular sċeaduhelme accusative singular sċeaduhelm nominative plural sċeaduhelmas genitive plural sċeaduhelma -
cover — to cover
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hylle first-person singular past indicative hylede second-person singular present indicative hylest second-person singular past indicative hyledest third-person singular present indicative hyleþ third-person singular past indicative hylede
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cover” 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 “cover”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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