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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for endless

3 headwords match “endless”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; endeleas ranks first.

  1. 1

    endeleas

    score 24

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    endless — endless

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine endelēas
    strong nominative singular feminine endelēas
    strong nominative singular neuter endelēas
    strong accusative singular masculine endelēasne
    strong accusative singular feminine endelēase
    strong accusative singular neuter endelēas
  2. 2

    sinnihte

    score 13

    noun, neuter · strong ja-stem · 2 inflected forms

    endless — endless night, eternal night

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sinnihte
    genitive singular sinnihtes
    dative singular sinnihte
    accusative singular sinnihte
  3. 3

    ungeendodlic

    score 8

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    endless — infinite

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine unġeendodlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine unġeendodlīċ, unġeendodlīċu, unġeendodlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter unġeendodlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine unġeendodlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine unġeendodlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter unġeendodlīċ

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “endless” 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.

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