Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lock
5 headwords match “lock”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; loc ranks first.
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lock — lock
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular loc genitive singular loces dative singular loce accusative singular loc nominative plural locu genitive plural loca -
lock — lock (of hair)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular locc genitive singular locces dative singular locce accusative singular locc nominative plural loccas genitive plural locca -
lock — to lock
- 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 lūce first-person singular past indicative lēac second-person singular present indicative lȳcst second-person singular past indicative luce third-person singular present indicative lȳcþ third-person singular past indicative lēac -
lock — lock, bar, barrier, cell
- opens the headword's definition
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lock — a forelock; lock of hair that covers the forehead
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular forelocc genitive singular forelocces dative singular forelocce accusative singular forelocc nominative plural foreloccas genitive plural forelocca
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “lock” 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 “lock”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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