Modern English → Old English
Old English word for covering
10 headwords match “covering”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; ham ranks first.
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covering — covering
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hām genitive singular hāmes dative singular hām, hāme accusative singular hām nominative plural hāmas genitive plural hāma -
covering — covering, shroud
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewǣde genitive singular ġewǣdes dative singular ġewǣde accusative singular ġewǣde nominative plural ġewǣdu genitive plural ġewǣda -
covering — covering
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular oferwrīgels genitive singular oferwrīgelses dative singular oferwrīgelse accusative singular oferwrīgels nominative plural oferwrīgelsas genitive plural oferwrīgelsa -
covering — covering
- opens the headword's definition
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covering — a covering
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hama genitive singular haman dative singular haman accusative singular haman nominative plural haman genitive plural hamena -
covering — darkness, veil, covering
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heolstor genitive singular heolstres dative singular heolstre accusative singular heolstor nominative plural heolstor genitive plural heolstra -
covering — a covering for the head (e.g. bonnet, cap, hood, etc.)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hūfe genitive singular hūfan dative singular hūfan accusative singular hūfan nominative plural hūfan genitive plural hūfena -
covering — a covering of water, the sea as a covering
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sundhelm genitive singular sundhelmes dative singular sundhelme accusative singular sundhelm nominative plural sundhelmas genitive plural sundhelma -
covering — helmet
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular helm genitive singular helmes dative singular helme accusative singular helm nominative plural helmas genitive plural helma -
covering — two-month period covering December and January
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġēola, ġeōla genitive singular ġēolan, ġeōlan dative singular ġēolan, ġeōlan accusative singular ġēolan, ġeōlan nominative plural ġēolan, ġeōlan genitive plural ġēolena, ġeōlena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “covering” 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?
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