Modern English → Old English
Old English word for gallows
5 headwords match “gallows”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gealga ranks first.
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gallows — gallows; a gibbet or cross
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġealga genitive singular ġealgan dative singular ġealgan accusative singular ġealgan nominative plural ġealgan genitive plural ġealgena -
gallows — gallows, gibbet, cross
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weargtrēow genitive singular weargtrēowes dative singular weargtrēowe accusative singular weargtrēow nominative plural weargtrēow genitive plural weargtrēowa -
gallows — gallows tree, cross
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġealgtrēow genitive singular ġealgtrēowes dative singular ġealgtrēowe accusative singular ġealgtrēow nominative plural ġealgtrēowu genitive plural ġealgtrēowa -
gallows — tree
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēam genitive singular bēames dative singular bēame accusative singular bēam nominative plural bēamas genitive plural bēama -
gallows — fork
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gafol genitive singular gafole, gafoles dative singular gafole accusative singular gafole, gafol nominative plural gafola, gafole, gafolas genitive plural gafola
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “gallows” 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 “gallows”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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