Modern English → Old English
Old English word for highest
4 headwords match “highest”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; hiehst ranks first.
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highest — highest
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hīehst strong nominative singular feminine hīehst strong nominative singular neuter hīehst strong accusative singular masculine hīehstne strong accusative singular feminine hīehste strong accusative singular neuter hīehst -
highest — uppermost, highest
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine yfemest strong nominative singular feminine yfemest strong nominative singular neuter yfemest strong accusative singular masculine yfemestne strong accusative singular feminine yfemeste strong accusative singular neuter yfemest -
highest — height, tallness, highness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēahnes genitive singular hēahnesse dative singular hēahnesse accusative singular hēahnesse nominative plural hēahnessa, hēahnesse genitive plural hēahnessa -
highest — brim, margin, rim
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brerd genitive singular brerdes dative singular brerde accusative singular brerd nominative plural brerdas genitive plural brerda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “highest” 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 “highest”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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