Modern English → Old English
Old English word for help
5 headwords match “help”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; help ranks first.
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help — help
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular help genitive singular helpe dative singular helpe accusative singular helpe nominative plural helpa, helpe genitive plural helpa -
help — to help
- 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 helpe first-person singular past indicative healp second-person singular present indicative hilpst second-person singular past indicative hulpe third-person singular present indicative hilpþ third-person singular past indicative healp -
help — help, rescue
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeoc genitive singular ġeoces dative singular ġeoce accusative singular ġeoc nominative plural ġeocu genitive plural ġeoca -
help — help, kindness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative plural ārstafas genitive plural ārstafa dative plural ārstafum accusative plural ārstafas -
help — help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōt genitive singular bōte dative singular bōte accusative singular bōte nominative plural bōta, bōte genitive plural bōta
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “help” 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 “help”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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