Modern English → Old English
Old English word for great
10 headwords match “great”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; great ranks first.
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great — great, massive
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine grēat strong nominative singular feminine grēat strong nominative singular neuter grēat strong accusative singular masculine grēatne strong accusative singular feminine grēate strong accusative singular neuter grēat -
great — great
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stōr strong nominative singular feminine stōr strong nominative singular neuter stōr strong accusative singular masculine stōrne strong accusative singular feminine stōre strong accusative singular neuter stōr -
great — great sin
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular firenleahtor genitive singular firenleahtres dative singular firenleahtre accusative singular firenleahtor nominative plural firenleahtras genitive plural firenleahtra -
great — great, excellent, splendid, illustrious, sublime
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine mǣre strong nominative singular feminine mǣru, mǣro strong nominative singular neuter mǣre strong accusative singular masculine mǣrne strong accusative singular feminine mǣre strong accusative singular neuter mǣre -
great — great many, multitude
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular worn genitive singular wornes dative singular worne accusative singular worn nominative plural wornas genitive plural worna -
great — great, magnificent, glorious, splendid, illustrious
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine mǣrlīċ strong nominative singular feminine mǣrlīċ, mǣrlīċu, mǣrlīċo strong nominative singular neuter mǣrlīċ strong accusative singular masculine mǣrlīcne strong accusative singular feminine mǣrlīċe strong accusative singular neuter mǣrlīċ -
great — great, grand, magnificent, splendid, illustrious
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine miċellīċ strong nominative singular feminine miċellīċ, miċellīċu, miċellīċo strong nominative singular neuter miċellīċ strong accusative singular masculine miċellīcne strong accusative singular feminine miċellīċe strong accusative singular neuter miċellīċ -
great — great hall, house, dwelling, prison
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sele genitive singular seles dative singular sele accusative singular sele nominative plural selas genitive plural sela -
great — immense, great, violent
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine swīþlīċ strong nominative singular feminine swīþlīċ, swīþlīċu, swīþlīċo strong nominative singular neuter swīþlīċ strong accusative singular masculine swīþlīcne strong accusative singular feminine swīþlīċe strong accusative singular neuter swīþlīċ -
great — (great) king, monarch, ruler
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þēodcyning genitive singular þēodcyninges dative singular þēodcyninge accusative singular þēodcyning nominative plural þēodcyningas genitive plural þēodcyninga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “great” 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?
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