Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dancer
5 headwords match “dancer”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hleapere ranks first.
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dancer — dancer
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hlēapere genitive singular hlēaperes dative singular hlēapere accusative singular hlēapere nominative plural hlēaperas genitive plural hlēapera -
dancer — dancer
- opens the headword's definition
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dancer — a female dancer
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hoppestre genitive singular hoppestran dative singular hoppestran accusative singular hoppestran nominative plural hoppestran genitive plural hoppestrena -
dancer — female dancer
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hlēapestre genitive singular hlēapestran dative singular hlēapestran accusative singular hlēapestran nominative plural hlēapestran genitive plural hlēapestrena -
dancer — tumbler, dancer, player, gleeman
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tumbere genitive singular tumberes dative singular tumbere accusative singular tumbere nominative plural tumberas genitive plural tumbera
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dancer” 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 “dancer”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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