Modern English → Old English
Old English word for heathen
5 headwords match “heathen”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hæþen ranks first.
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heathen — pagan, heathen
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hǣþen strong nominative singular feminine hǣþenu, hǣþnu, hǣþeno, hǣþno strong nominative singular neuter hǣþen strong accusative singular masculine hǣþenne strong accusative singular feminine hǣþene, hǣþne strong accusative singular neuter hǣþen -
heathen — heathen, pagan
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hǣðen strong nominative singular feminine hǣðenu, hǣðnu, hǣðeno, hǣðno strong nominative singular neuter hǣðen strong accusative singular masculine hǣðenne strong accusative singular feminine hǣðene, hǣðne strong accusative singular neuter hǣðen -
heathen — heathendom, paganism, the belief and practices of heathen people
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hǣþendōm genitive singular hǣþendōmes dative singular hǣþendōme accusative singular hǣþendōm nominative plural hǣþendōmas genitive plural hǣþendōma -
heathen — divination
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wigle genitive singular wigles dative singular wigle accusative singular wigle nominative plural wiglu genitive plural wigla -
heathen — paganism, pagan beliefs
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hǣþennes genitive singular hǣþennese dative singular hǣþennese accusative singular hǣþennese nominative plural hǣþennesa, hǣþennese genitive plural hǣþennesa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “heathen” 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 “heathen”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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