Modern English → Old English
Old English word for handle
5 headwords match “handle”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; handle ranks first.
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handle — handle
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular handle genitive singular handlan dative singular handlan accusative singular handlan nominative plural handlan genitive plural handlena -
handle — handle
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hielfe genitive singular hielfes dative singular hielfe accusative singular hielfe nominative plural hielfu genitive plural hielfa -
handle — to handle (touch or feel with the hands)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative handliġe first-person singular past indicative handlode second-person singular present indicative handlast second-person singular past indicative handlodest third-person singular present indicative handlaþ third-person singular past indicative handlode -
handle — hilt, handle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hilt genitive singular hiltes dative singular hilte accusative singular hilt nominative plural hiltas genitive plural hilta -
handle — hilt, handle, feminine equivalent of hilt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hilte genitive singular hiltan dative singular hiltan accusative singular hiltan nominative plural hiltan genitive plural hiltena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “handle” 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 “handle”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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