Modern English → Old English
Old English word for important
5 headwords match “important”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; heafodmæg ranks first.
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important — close or important relative
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēafodmǣġ genitive singular hēafodmǣġes dative singular hēafodmǣġe accusative singular hēafodmǣġ nominative plural hēafodmāgas genitive plural hēafodmāga -
important — high, tall
- 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 -
important — heavy
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hefiġ strong nominative singular feminine hefiġ strong nominative singular neuter hefiġ strong accusative singular masculine hefiġne strong accusative singular feminine hefiġe strong accusative singular neuter hefiġ -
important — moderate, small, not great
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine medmiċel strong nominative singular feminine medmiċel strong nominative singular neuter medmiċel strong accusative singular masculine medmiċelne strong accusative singular feminine medmiċle strong accusative singular neuter medmiċel -
important — high (or important) place, promontory
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “important” 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 “important”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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