Modern English → Old English
Old English word for form
5 headwords match “form”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hiew ranks first.
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form — form, appearance, likeness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hīew genitive singular hīewes dative singular hīewe accusative singular hīew nominative plural hīew genitive plural hīewa -
form — the disposition or arrangement of the limbs; form, shape
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular limġeleċġ genitive singular limġeleċġes dative singular limġeleċġe accusative singular limġeleċġ nominative plural limġeleċġ genitive plural limġeleċġa -
form — dead body, corpse
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līċ genitive singular līċes dative singular līċe accusative singular līċ nominative plural līc genitive plural līca -
form — arrangement or positioning
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeleċġ genitive singular ġeleċġes dative singular ġeleċġe accusative singular ġeleċġ nominative plural ġeleċġ genitive plural ġeleċġa -
form — shaping, forming
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hīwung genitive singular hīwunge dative singular hīwunge accusative singular hīwunge nominative plural hīwunga, hīwunge genitive plural hīwunga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “form” 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 “form”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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