Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ghost
5 headwords match “ghost”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gast ranks first.
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ghost — spirit
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gāst genitive singular gāstes dative singular gāste accusative singular gāst nominative plural gāstas genitive plural gāsta -
ghost — phantom, ghost, apparition
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dwimor genitive singular dwimores dative singular dwimore accusative singular dwimor nominative plural dwimor genitive plural dwimora -
ghost — the giving up the ghost; dying
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sāwlung genitive singular sāwlunge dative singular sāwlunge accusative singular sāwlunge nominative plural sāwlunga, sāwlunge genitive plural sāwlunga -
ghost — the Holy Ghost
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēahgāst genitive singular hēahgāstes dative singular hēahgāste accusative singular hēahgāst nominative plural hēahgāstas genitive plural hēahgāsta -
ghost — the Holy Ghost
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular frōforgāst genitive singular frōforgāstes dative singular frōforgāste accusative singular frōforgāst nominative plural frōforgāstas genitive plural frōforgāsta
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ghost” 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 “ghost”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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