Modern English → Old English
Old English word for knot
5 headwords match “knot”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; cnotta ranks first.
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knot — knot
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnotta genitive singular cnottan dative singular cnottan accusative singular cnottan nominative plural cnottan genitive plural cnottena -
knot — knot in a tree
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ōst genitive singular ōstes dative singular ōste accusative singular ōst nominative plural ōstas genitive plural ōsta -
knot — a twisted rock
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnearra genitive singular cnearran dative singular cnearran accusative singular cnearran nominative plural cnearran genitive plural cnearrena -
knot — to knot
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative becnytte first-person singular past indicative becnytte second-person singular present indicative becnyttest, becnytst second-person singular past indicative becnyttest third-person singular present indicative becnytteþ, becnytt, becnyt third-person singular past indicative becnytte -
knot — to tie; bind
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cnytte first-person singular past indicative cnytte second-person singular present indicative cnyttest, cnytst second-person singular past indicative cnyttest third-person singular present indicative cnytteþ, cnytt, cnyt third-person singular past indicative cnytte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “knot” 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 “knot”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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