Modern English → Old English
Old English word for hollow
5 headwords match “hollow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; holh ranks first.
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hollow — A hollow, cavity, hole.
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular holh genitive singular hōles dative singular hōle accusative singular holh nominative plural holh genitive plural hōla -
hollow — hollow, depression
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular colc genitive singular colces dative singular colce accusative singular colc nominative plural colcas genitive plural colca -
hollow — hollow, cavity
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular holc genitive singular holces dative singular holce accusative singular holc nominative plural holcas, holc genitive plural holca -
hollow — a hollow, narrow valley, combe
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cumb genitive singular cumbes dative singular cumbe accusative singular cumb nominative plural cumbas genitive plural cumba -
hollow — arched, vaulted, hollow, concave, bent
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hwealf strong nominative singular feminine hwealf strong nominative singular neuter hwealf strong accusative singular masculine hwealfne strong accusative singular feminine hwealfe strong accusative singular neuter hwealf
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “hollow” 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 “hollow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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