Modern English → Old English
Old English word for holy
5 headwords match “holy”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; halig ranks first.
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holy — holy, sacred
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hāliġ strong nominative singular feminine hāliġu, hālġu, hāliġo, hālġo strong nominative singular neuter hāliġ strong accusative singular masculine hāliġne strong accusative singular feminine hāliġe, hālġe strong accusative singular neuter hāliġ -
holy — holy place, sanctuary
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hāliġern genitive singular hāliġernes dative singular hāliġerne accusative singular hāliġern nominative plural hāliġernu genitive plural hāliġerna -
holy — holy woman, (female) saint
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hālġe genitive singular hālgan dative singular hālgan accusative singular hālgan nominative plural hālgan genitive plural hālgena -
holy — holy order, order of the church, church-degree
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċiriċhād genitive singular ċiriċhādes dative singular ċiriċhāde accusative singular ċiriċhād nominative plural ċiriċhādas genitive plural ċiriċhāda -
holy — holy water
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hāliġwæter genitive singular hāliġwætres dative singular hāliġwætre accusative singular hāliġwæter nominative plural hāliġwætru genitive plural hāliġwætra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “holy” 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 “holy”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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