Modern English → Old English
Old English word for greatness
7 headwords match “greatness”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; greatnes ranks first.
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greatness — greatness, bigness, thickness, coarseness of a material
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular grēatnes genitive singular grēatnesse dative singular grēatnesse accusative singular grēatnesse nominative plural grēatnessa, grēatnesse genitive plural grēatnessa -
greatness — greatness, size
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular grīetu genitive singular grīete dative singular grīete accusative singular grīete nominative plural grīeta, grīete genitive plural grīeta -
greatness — greatness; distinction; celebrity
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mǣrnes genitive singular mǣrnesse dative singular mǣrnesse accusative singular mǣrnesse nominative plural mǣrnessa, mǣrnesse genitive plural mǣrnessa -
greatness — pride, high spirit
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wlenċu genitive singular wlenċu, wlenċe dative singular wlenċu, wlenċe accusative singular wlenċu, wlenċe nominative plural wlenċu, wlenċe genitive plural wlenċa -
greatness — size
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular miċelnes genitive singular miċelnesse dative singular miċelnesse accusative singular miċelnesse nominative plural miċelnessa, miċelnesse genitive plural miċelnessa -
greatness — making known, report, rumor
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mǣrsung genitive singular mǣrsunge dative singular mǣrsunge accusative singular mǣrsunge nominative plural mǣrsunga, mǣrsunge genitive plural mǣrsunga -
greatness — importunate desire; ambition; greed
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mǣġþ genitive singular mǣġþe dative singular mǣġþe accusative singular mǣġþe nominative plural mǣġþa, mǣġþe genitive plural mǣġþa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “greatness” 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 “greatness”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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