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Old English word for glory

5 headwords match “glory”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hreþ ranks first.

  1. 1

    hreþ

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    glory — glory, triumph, honour

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrēþ
    genitive singular hrēþes
    dative singular hrēþe
    accusative singular hrēþ
    nominative plural hrēþas
    genitive plural hrēþa
  2. 2

    mærþu

    score 15

    noun, feminine · 1 inflected forms

    glory — glory, fame, honor

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mǣrþu
    genitive singular mǣrþu
    dative singular mǣrþu
    accusative singular mǣrþu
  3. 3

    wuldor

    score 15

    noun, neuter · 6 inflected forms

    glory — glory

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wuldor
    genitive singular wuldres
    dative singular wuldre
    accusative singular wuldor
    nominative plural wuldor, wuldru
    genitive plural wuldra
  4. 4

    ar

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    glory — honour, glory, grace

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ār
    genitive singular āres
    dative singular āre
    accusative singular ār
    nominative plural āras
    genitive plural āra
  5. 5

    tir

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    glory — fame; glory; honour

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tīr
    genitive singular tīres
    dative singular tīre
    accusative singular tīr
    nominative plural tīras
    genitive plural tīra

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “glory” 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.

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