Modern English → Old English
Old English word for grease
5 headwords match “grease”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; gelynd ranks first.
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grease — grease, fat
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġelynd genitive singular ġelynde dative singular ġelynde accusative singular ġelynde nominative plural ġelynda, ġelynde genitive plural ġelynda -
grease — grease
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġelynde genitive singular ġelyndes dative singular ġelynde accusative singular ġelynde nominative plural ġelyndu genitive plural ġelynda -
grease — fat, grease
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lynd genitive singular lynde dative singular lynde accusative singular lynde nominative plural lynda, lynde genitive plural lynda -
grease — fat, grease, suet, tallow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular smeoru genitive singular smeorwes dative singular smeorwe accusative singular smeoru nominative plural smeorwas genitive plural smeorwa -
grease — fat
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spind genitive singular spindes dative singular spinde accusative singular spind nominative plural spind genitive plural spinda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “grease” 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 “grease”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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