Modern English → Old English
Old English word for game
5 headwords match “game”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gamen ranks first.
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game — game, sport, or pastime
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gamen genitive singular gamenes dative singular gamene accusative singular gamen nominative plural gamen genitive plural gamena -
game — game protection
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dēorfriþ genitive singular dēorfriþes dative singular dēorfriþe accusative singular dēorfriþ nominative plural dēorfriþu genitive plural dēorfriþa -
game — die, game piece
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tæflstān genitive singular tæflstānes dative singular tæflstāne accusative singular tæflstān nominative plural tæflstānas genitive plural tæflstāna -
game — playing
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular plega genitive singular plegan dative singular plegan accusative singular plegan nominative plural plegan genitive plural plegena -
game — forest, wooded country
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fyrhþe genitive singular fyrhþes, fyrhþan dative singular fyrhþe, fyrhþan accusative singular fyrhþe, fyrhþan nominative plural fyrhþu, fyrhþan genitive plural fyrhþa, fyrhþena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “game” 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 “game”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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