Modern English → Old English
Old English word for little
5 headwords match “little”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; lytel ranks first.
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little — small, little
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lȳtel strong nominative singular feminine lȳtelu, lȳtlu, lȳtelo, lȳtlo strong nominative singular neuter lȳtel strong accusative singular masculine lȳtelne strong accusative singular feminine lȳtele, lȳtle strong accusative singular neuter lȳtel -
little — little, slight, small
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hwōnlīċ strong nominative singular feminine hwōnlīċ, hwōnlīċu, hwōnlīċo strong nominative singular neuter hwōnlīċ strong accusative singular masculine hwōnlīcne strong accusative singular feminine hwōnlīċe strong accusative singular neuter hwōnlīċ -
little — little, moderate, scanty, slender
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġehwǣde strong nominative singular feminine ġehwǣdu, ġehwǣdo strong nominative singular neuter ġehwǣde strong accusative singular masculine ġehwǣdne strong accusative singular feminine ġehwǣde strong accusative singular neuter ġehwǣde -
little — little finger
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēarfinger genitive singular ēarfingres dative singular ēarfingre accusative singular ēarfinger nominative plural ēarfingras genitive plural ēarfingra -
little — little finger
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēarclǣnsend genitive singular ēarclǣnsendes dative singular ēarclǣnsende accusative singular ēarclǣnsend nominative plural ēarclǣnsend, ēarclǣnsende, ēarclǣnsendas genitive plural ēarclǣnsendra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “little” 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 “little”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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