Modern English → Old English
Old English word for heel
5 headwords match “heel”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hela ranks first.
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heel — heel (of the foot)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēla genitive singular hēlan dative singular hēlan accusative singular hēlan nominative plural hēlan genitive plural hēlena -
heel — heel, calx
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fiersn genitive singular fiersne dative singular fiersne accusative singular fiersn, fiersne nominative plural fiersne, fiersna genitive plural fiersna -
heel — The heel (rear of a foot)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hōh genitive singular hōs dative singular hō accusative singular hōh nominative plural hōs genitive plural hōna -
heel — to hide, conceal
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hēle first-person singular past indicative hēlde second-person singular present indicative hēlest, hēlst second-person singular past indicative hēldest third-person singular present indicative hēleþ, hēlþ third-person singular past indicative hēlde -
heel — to incline, tilt, bend
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hielde first-person singular past indicative hielde second-person singular present indicative hieldest, hielst, hieltst second-person singular past indicative hieldest third-person singular present indicative hieldeþ, hielt third-person singular past indicative hielde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “heel” 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 “heel”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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