Modern English → Old English
Old English word for hen
3 headwords match “hen”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; henn ranks first.
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hen — hen
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular henn genitive singular henne dative singular henne accusative singular henne nominative plural henna, henne genitive plural henna -
hen — a female bird; hen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwēnfugol genitive singular cwēnfugles dative singular cwēnfugle accusative singular cwēnfugol nominative plural cwēnfuglas genitive plural cwēnfugla -
hen — Along with his brother Henġest, one of the legendary leaders of the Anglo-Saxons during th
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Horsa genitive singular Horsan dative singular Horsan accusative singular Horsan
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “hen” 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 “hen”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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