Modern English → Old English
Old English word for face
5 headwords match “face”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; nebb ranks first.
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face — face
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nebb genitive singular nebbes dative singular nebbe accusative singular nebb nominative plural nebb genitive plural nebba -
face — face
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ansīen genitive singular ansīene dative singular ansīene accusative singular ansīen, ansīene nominative plural ansīene, ansīena genitive plural ansīena -
face — face
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular andwlita genitive singular andwlitan dative singular andwlitan accusative singular andwlitan nominative plural andwlitan genitive plural andwlitena -
face — face, countenance
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular andwlite genitive singular andwlites dative singular andwlite accusative singular andwlite nominative plural andwlitu genitive plural andwlita -
face — the side of the face, cheek
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wang genitive singular wanges dative singular wange accusative singular wang nominative plural wangas genitive plural wanga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “face” 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 “face”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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