Modern English → Old English
Old English word for life
10 headwords match “life”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; lif ranks first.
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life — life
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līf genitive singular līfes dative singular līfe accusative singular līf nominative plural līf genitive plural līfa -
life — life
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ferhþ genitive singular ferhþes dative singular ferhþe accusative singular ferhþ nominative plural ferhþas, ferhþ genitive plural ferhþa -
life — life (one whose safety is questioned)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feorh genitive singular fēores dative singular fēore accusative singular feorh nominative plural feorh, fēoras genitive plural fēora -
life — life, the vital parts of the body
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdor genitive singular ealdres dative singular ealdre accusative singular ealdor nominative plural ealdras genitive plural ealdra -
life — life; living, causing life, vital
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine līflīċ strong nominative singular feminine līflīċ, līflīċu, līflīċo strong nominative singular neuter līflīċ strong accusative singular masculine līflīcne strong accusative singular feminine līflīċe strong accusative singular neuter līflīċ -
life — condition, life
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular drohtung genitive singular drohtunge dative singular drohtunge accusative singular drohtunge nominative plural drohtunga, drohtunge genitive plural drohtunga -
life — eternal life
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ālīf genitive singular ālīfes dative singular ālīfe accusative singular ālīf nominative plural ālīf genitive plural ālīfa -
life — a way which leads to life; one's path in life; way of life
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līfweġ genitive singular līfweġes dative singular līfweġe accusative singular līfweġ nominative plural līfwegas genitive plural līfwega -
life — separation from life; death
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līfġedāl genitive singular līfġedāles dative singular līfġedāle accusative singular līfġedāl nominative plural līfġedāl genitive plural līfġedāla -
life — private life
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sundorlīf genitive singular sundorlīfes dative singular sundorlīfe accusative singular sundorlīf nominative plural sundorlīf genitive plural sundorlīfa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “life” 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 “life”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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