Modern English → Old English
Old English word for explanation
5 headwords match “explanation”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; racu ranks first.
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explanation — explanation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular racu genitive singular race dative singular race accusative singular race nominative plural raca, race genitive plural raca -
explanation — explanation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular swutelung genitive singular swutelunge dative singular swutelunge accusative singular swutelunge nominative plural swutelunga, swutelunge genitive plural swutelunga -
explanation — explanation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular trahtnung genitive singular trahtnunge dative singular trahtnunge accusative singular trahtnunge nominative plural trahtnunga, trahtnunge genitive plural trahtnunga -
explanation — a glossing, explanation
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular glēsing genitive singular glēsinge dative singular glēsinge accusative singular glēsinge nominative plural glēsinga, glēsinge genitive plural glēsinga -
explanation — rule, government
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġerec genitive singular ġereces dative singular ġerece accusative singular ġerec nominative plural ġerecu genitive plural ġereca
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “explanation” 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 “explanation”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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