Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lake
5 headwords match “lake”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; lacu ranks first.
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lake — pool, pond
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lacu genitive singular lace dative singular lace accusative singular lace nominative plural laca, lace genitive plural laca -
lake — lake
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mere genitive singular meres dative singular mere accusative singular mere nominative plural meras genitive plural mera -
lake — play, sport
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lāc genitive singular lāces, lāce dative singular lāce accusative singular lāc, lāce nominative plural lāc, lāca, lāce genitive plural lāca -
lake — sea, water, lake
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lagu genitive singular lage dative singular lage accusative singular lage nominative plural laga, lage genitive plural laga -
lake — pit; hole
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sēaþ genitive singular sēaþes dative singular sēaþe accusative singular sēaþ nominative plural sēaþas genitive plural sēaþa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “lake” 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 “lake”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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