Modern English → Old English
Old English word for distance
5 headwords match “distance”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fyrlen ranks first.
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distance — distance
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fyrlen strong nominative singular feminine fyrlenu, fyrlnu, fyrleno, fyrlno strong nominative singular neuter fyrlen strong accusative singular masculine fyrlenne strong accusative singular feminine fyrlene, fyrlne strong accusative singular neuter fyrlen -
distance — length; distance, duration
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lenġu genitive singular lenġu, lenġe dative singular lenġu, lenġe accusative singular lenġu, lenġe nominative plural lenġu, lenġe genitive plural lenġa -
distance — farness, distance
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feornes genitive singular feornesse dative singular feornesse accusative singular feornesse nominative plural feornessa, feornesse genitive plural feornessa -
distance — far; at a distance
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine feorr strong nominative singular feminine feorr strong nominative singular neuter feorr strong accusative singular masculine feorne strong accusative singular feminine feorre strong accusative singular neuter feorr -
distance — stadium
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spyrd genitive singular spyrdes dative singular spyrde accusative singular spyrd nominative plural spyrdas genitive plural spyrda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “distance” 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 “distance”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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