Modern English → Old English
Old English word for hair
5 headwords match “hair”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hær ranks first.
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hair — hair
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hǣr genitive singular hǣres dative singular hǣre accusative singular hǣr nominative plural hǣr genitive plural hǣra -
hair — hair (on the head)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feax genitive singular feaxes dative singular feaxe accusative singular feax nominative plural feax genitive plural feaxa -
hair — hair (of a woman)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīffeax genitive singular wīffeaxes dative singular wīffeaxe accusative singular wīffeax nominative plural wīffeax genitive plural wīffeaxa -
hair — made of hair
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hǣren strong nominative singular feminine hǣrenu, hǣrnu, hǣreno, hǣrno strong nominative singular neuter hǣren strong accusative singular masculine hǣrenne strong accusative singular feminine hǣrene, hǣrne strong accusative singular neuter hǣren -
hair — lock (of hair)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular locc genitive singular locces dative singular locce accusative singular locc nominative plural loccas genitive plural locca
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “hair” 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 “hair”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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