Modern English → Old English
Old English word for eastern
5 headwords match “eastern”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; easterne ranks first.
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eastern — eastern
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ēasterne strong nominative singular feminine ēasternu, ēasterno strong nominative singular neuter ēasterne strong accusative singular masculine ēasterne strong accusative singular feminine ēasterne strong accusative singular neuter ēasterne -
eastern — eastern, easterly
- opens the headword's definition
- 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 -
eastern — the eastern part of a country or place
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēastdǣl genitive singular ēastdǣles dative singular ēastdǣle accusative singular ēastdǣl nominative plural ēastdǣlas genitive plural ēastdǣla -
eastern — the eastern part of a kingdom or country
- appears in the definition
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eastern — Scythia (a geographic region encompassing the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Eastern Europe and
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Sciþþia genitive singular Sciþþian dative singular Sciþþian accusative singular Sciþþian
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “eastern” 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 “eastern”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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