Modern English → Old English
Old English word for eternal
7 headwords match “eternal”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; ece ranks first.
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eternal — eternal
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ēċe strong nominative singular feminine ēċu, ēċo strong nominative singular neuter ēċe strong accusative singular masculine ēcne strong accusative singular feminine ēċe strong accusative singular neuter ēċe -
eternal — eternal, perpetual
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ēċelīċ strong nominative singular feminine ēċelīċ, ēċelīċu, ēċelīċo strong nominative singular neuter ēċelīċ strong accusative singular masculine ēċelīcne strong accusative singular feminine ēċelīċe strong accusative singular neuter ēċelīċ -
eternal — eternal life
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ālīf genitive singular ālīfes dative singular ālīfe accusative singular ālīf nominative plural ālīf genitive plural ālīfa -
eternal — endless night, eternal night
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sinnihte genitive singular sinnihtes dative singular sinnihte accusative singular sinnihte -
eternal — the torments of hell; eternal punishment, hellfire
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hellewīte genitive singular hellewītes dative singular hellewīte accusative singular hellewīte nominative plural hellewītu genitive plural hellewīta -
eternal — life-long
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ealdorlang strong nominative singular feminine ealdorlang strong nominative singular neuter ealdorlang strong accusative singular masculine ealdorlangne strong accusative singular feminine ealdorlange strong accusative singular neuter ealdorlang -
eternal — a glorious or heavenly reward (such as eternal life)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wuldorlēan genitive singular wuldorlēanes dative singular wuldorlēane accusative singular wuldorlēan nominative plural wuldorlēan genitive plural wuldorlēana
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “eternal” 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?
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