Modern English → Old English
Old English word for fastening
5 headwords match “fastening”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fæstnung ranks first.
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fastening — fastening
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fæstnung genitive singular fæstnunge dative singular fæstnunge accusative singular fæstnunge nominative plural fæstnunga, fæstnunge genitive plural fæstnunga -
fastening — fastening, securing
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hæftnung genitive singular hæftnunge dative singular hæftnunge accusative singular hæftnunge nominative plural hæftnunga, hæftnunge genitive plural hæftnunga -
fastening — pin, broach, fastening
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular prēon genitive singular prēones dative singular prēone accusative singular prēon nominative plural prēonas genitive plural prēona -
fastening — binding, fastening, bond
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġebind genitive singular ġebindes dative singular ġebinde accusative singular ġebind nominative plural ġebind genitive plural ġebinda -
fastening — a hook, a door fastening
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular haca genitive singular hacan dative singular hacan accusative singular hacan nominative plural hacan genitive plural hacena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “fastening” 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 “fastening”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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