Modern English → Old English
Old English word for east
5 headwords match “east”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; east ranks first.
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east — the east
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ēast strong nominative singular feminine ēast strong nominative singular neuter ēast strong accusative singular masculine ēastne strong accusative singular feminine ēaste strong accusative singular neuter ēast -
east — the east
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēasta genitive singular ēastan dative singular ēastan accusative singular ēastan -
east — the east
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēaste genitive singular ēastan dative singular ēastan accusative singular ēastan -
east — eastward, in the east
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ēastweard strong nominative singular feminine ēastweard strong nominative singular neuter ēastweard strong accusative singular masculine ēastweardne strong accusative singular feminine ēastwearde strong accusative singular neuter ēastweard -
east — from the east
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “east” 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 “east”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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