Modern English → Old English
Old English word for length
10 headwords match “length”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; lengþu ranks first.
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length — length
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lengþu genitive singular lengþe dative singular lengþe accusative singular lengþe nominative plural lengþa, lengþe genitive plural lengþa -
length — length; distance, duration
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lenġu genitive singular lenġu, lenġe dative singular lenġu, lenġe accusative singular lenġu, lenġe nominative plural lenġu, lenġe genitive plural lenġa -
length — length
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular langness genitive singular langnesse dative singular langnesse accusative singular langnesse nominative plural langnessa, langnesse genitive plural langnessa -
length — length
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular langsumnes genitive singular langsumnesse dative singular langsumnesse accusative singular langsumnesse nominative plural langsumnessa, langsumnesse genitive plural langsumnessa -
length — hand, palm as a measure of length
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mund genitive singular munde dative singular munde accusative singular munde nominative plural munda, munde genitive plural munda -
length — nightlong; lasting the length of a night
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine nihtlang strong nominative singular feminine nihtlang strong nominative singular neuter nihtlang strong accusative singular masculine nihtlangne strong accusative singular feminine nihtlange strong accusative singular neuter nihtlang -
length — at length
- appears in the definition
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length — a foot, in the following senses:
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fōt genitive singular fōtes dative singular fēt accusative singular fōt nominative plural fēt genitive plural fōta -
length — cross (method of execution)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular rōd genitive singular rōde dative singular rōde accusative singular rōde nominative plural rōda, rōde genitive plural rōda -
length — the mark left by a foot, footprint
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fōtmǣl genitive singular fōtmǣles dative singular fōtmǣle accusative singular fōtmǣl nominative plural fōtmǣl genitive plural fōtmǣla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “length” 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 “length”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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