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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for crown

5 headwords match “crown”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; corona ranks first.

  1. 1

    corona

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    crown — crown

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular corōna
    genitive singular corōnan
    dative singular corōnan
    accusative singular corōnan
    nominative plural corōnan
    genitive plural corōnena
  2. 2

    cynegold

    score 15

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    crown — crown

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cynegold
    genitive singular cynegoldes
    dative singular cynegolde
    accusative singular cynegold
    nominative plural cynegold
    genitive plural cynegolda
  3. 3

    cynehelm

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    crown — crown

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cynehelm
    genitive singular cynehelmes
    dative singular cynehelme
    accusative singular cynehelm
    nominative plural cynehelmas
    genitive plural cynehelma
  4. 4

    cynewiþþe

    score 15

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    crown — crown, diadem

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cynewiþþe
    genitive singular cynewiþþan
    dative singular cynewiþþan
    accusative singular cynewiþþan
    nominative plural cynewiþþan
    genitive plural cynewiþþena
  5. 5

    heafodbeag

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    crown — crown

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hēafodbēag
    genitive singular hēafodbēages
    dative singular hēafodbēage
    accusative singular hēafodbēag
    nominative plural hēafodbēagas
    genitive plural hēafodbēaga

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “crown” 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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