Modern English → Old English
Old English word for line
5 headwords match “line”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; line ranks first.
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line — line
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līne genitive singular līnan dative singular līnan accusative singular līnan nominative plural līnan genitive plural līnena -
line — row, line
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular rǣw genitive singular rǣwe dative singular rǣwe accusative singular rǣwe nominative plural rǣwa, rǣwe genitive plural rǣwa -
line — the female side or line of a family
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīfhand genitive singular wīfhanda dative singular wīfhanda accusative singular wīfhand nominative plural wīfhanda genitive plural wīfhanda -
line — the male side or line of a family
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wǣpnedhand genitive singular wǣpnedhanda dative singular wǣpnedhanda accusative singular wǣpnedhand nominative plural wǣpnedhanda genitive plural wǣpnedhanda -
line — a line; rod
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “line” 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 “line”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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