Modern English → Old English
Old English word for destiny
5 headwords match “destiny”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wintergegang ranks first.
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destiny — destiny, fate
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular winterġegang genitive singular winterġeganges dative singular winterġegange accusative singular winterġegang nominative plural winterġegangas genitive plural winterġeganga -
destiny — fate, destiny
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrd genitive singular wyrde dative singular wyrde accusative singular wyrd, wyrde nominative plural wyrde, wyrda genitive plural wyrda -
destiny — fate, destiny; death
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular metod genitive singular metodes dative singular metode accusative singular metod nominative plural metodas genitive plural metoda -
destiny — fate, destiny
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular orlæġ genitive singular orlæġes dative singular orlæġe accusative singular orlæġ nominative plural orlagu genitive plural orlaga -
destiny — fate, destiny
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewyrd genitive singular ġewyrde dative singular ġewyrde accusative singular ġewyrde nominative plural ġewyrda, ġewyrde genitive plural ġewyrda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “destiny” 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 “destiny”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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