Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dead
5 headwords match “dead”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dead ranks first.
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dead — dead
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dēad strong nominative singular feminine dēad strong nominative singular neuter dēad strong accusative singular masculine dēadne strong accusative singular feminine dēade strong accusative singular neuter dēad -
dead — dead body, corpse
- opens the headword's 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 -
dead — dead body; carcass
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hold strong nominative singular feminine hold strong nominative singular neuter hold strong accusative singular masculine holdne strong accusative singular feminine holde strong accusative singular neuter hold -
dead — lifeless, dead
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine gāstlēas strong nominative singular feminine gāstlēas strong nominative singular neuter gāstlēas strong accusative singular masculine gāstlēasne strong accusative singular feminine gāstlēase strong accusative singular neuter gāstlēas -
dead — a house of the dead, a grave house.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular græfhūs genitive singular græfhūses dative singular græfhūse accusative singular græfhūs nominative plural græfhūs genitive plural græfhūsa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dead” 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 “dead”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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