Modern English → Old English
Old English word for delay
5 headwords match “delay”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; stand ranks first.
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delay — delay
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stand genitive singular standes dative singular stande accusative singular stand nominative plural standas genitive plural standa -
delay — delay, hindrance
- opens the headword's definition
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delay — wait, delay
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ābād genitive singular ābāde dative singular ābāde accusative singular ābāde nominative plural ābāda, ābāde genitive plural ābāda -
delay — a delay, a putting off, a deferring
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ielden genitive singular ieldenes, ieldenne dative singular ieldene, ieldenne accusative singular ielden, ieldenne nominative plural ielden, ieldenna, ieldenne genitive plural ieldena, ieldenna -
delay — longing, desire
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular langung genitive singular langunge dative singular langunge accusative singular langunge nominative plural langunga, langunge genitive plural langunga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “delay” 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 “delay”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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