Modern English → Old English
Old English word for handmaid
3 headwords match “handmaid”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; wiln ranks first.
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handmaid — handmaid
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīln genitive singular wīlne dative singular wīlne accusative singular wīlne nominative plural wīlna, wīlne genitive plural wīlna -
handmaid — female servant, female attendant, handmaid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þiġnen genitive singular þiġnenne dative singular þiġnenne accusative singular þiġnenne nominative plural þiġnenna, þiġnenne genitive plural þiġnenna -
handmaid — woman
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīfmann genitive singular wīfmannes dative singular wīfmenn accusative singular wīfmann nominative plural wīfmenn genitive plural wīfmanna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “handmaid” 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 “handmaid”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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