Modern English → Old English
Old English word for law
10 headwords match “law”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; lagu ranks first.
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law — law
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- 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 -
law — law
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣ genitive singular ǣ dative singular ǣ accusative singular ǣ nominative plural ǣ genitive plural ǣa -
law — to make into law, ordain
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lagiġe first-person singular past indicative lagode second-person singular present indicative lagast second-person singular past indicative lagodest third-person singular present indicative lagaþ third-person singular past indicative lagode -
law — law of the people; public law; folk law
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular folclagu genitive singular folclage dative singular folclage accusative singular folclage nominative plural folclaga, folclage genitive plural folclaga -
law — law of a nation or of a people
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular folcrǣden genitive singular folcrǣdenne dative singular folcrǣdenne accusative singular folcrǣdenne nominative plural folcrǣdenna, folcrǣdenne genitive plural folcrǣdenna -
law — constitution; law
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġesetnes genitive singular ġesetnesse dative singular ġesetnesse accusative singular ġesetnesse nominative plural ġesetnessa, ġesetnesse genitive plural ġesetnessa -
law — mound, hill, barrow, cairn
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hlǣw genitive singular hlǣwes, hlǣwe dative singular hlǣwe accusative singular hlǣw, hlǣwe nominative plural hlǣwas, hlǣwa, hlǣwe genitive plural hlǣwa -
law — one who is familiar with the law and is charged with declaring the law
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lahmann genitive singular lahmannes dative singular lahmenn accusative singular lahmann nominative plural lahmenn genitive plural lahmanna -
law — a doctor of the law
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣlārēow genitive singular ǣlārēowes dative singular ǣlārēowe accusative singular ǣlārēow nominative plural ǣlārēowas genitive plural ǣlārēowa -
law — the law of the land
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular landriht genitive singular landrihtes dative singular landrihte accusative singular landriht nominative plural landriht genitive plural landrihta
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “law” 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?
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