Modern English → Old English
Old English word for knife
4 headwords match “knife”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; cnif ranks first.
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knife — knife
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnīf genitive singular cnīfes dative singular cnīfe accusative singular cnīf nominative plural cnīfas genitive plural cnīfa -
knife — knife
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular seax genitive singular seaxes dative singular seaxe accusative singular seax nominative plural seax genitive plural seaxa -
knife — knife, especially one used to cut food
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular meteseax genitive singular meteseaxes dative singular meteseaxe accusative singular meteseax nominative plural meteseax genitive plural meteseaxa -
knife — shave (tool), plane, paring knife
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċeafa genitive singular sċeafan dative singular sċeafan accusative singular sċeafan nominative plural sċeafan genitive plural sċeafena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “knife” 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 “knife”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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