Modern English → Old English
Old English word for high
5 headwords match “high”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; heah ranks first.
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high — high, tall
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hēah strong nominative singular feminine hēah strong nominative singular neuter hēah strong accusative singular masculine hēane, hēanne strong accusative singular feminine hēa strong accusative singular neuter hēah -
high — high, elevated, lofty
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hēalīċ strong nominative singular feminine hēalīċ, hēalīċu, hēalīċo strong nominative singular neuter hēalīċ strong accusative singular masculine hēalīcne strong accusative singular feminine hēalīċe strong accusative singular neuter hēalīċ -
high — high ground
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēahland genitive singular hēahlandes dative singular hēahlande accusative singular hēahland nominative plural hēahland genitive plural hēahlanda -
high — high priest
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdorsacerd genitive singular ealdorsacerdes dative singular ealdorsacerde accusative singular ealdorsacerd nominative plural ealdorsacerdas genitive plural ealdorsacerda -
high — tall, high, steep
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brant strong nominative singular feminine brant strong nominative singular neuter brant strong accusative singular masculine brantne strong accusative singular feminine brante strong accusative singular neuter brant
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “high” 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 “high”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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