Modern English → Old English
Old English word for mankind
10 headwords match “mankind”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; wercynn ranks first.
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mankind — mankind (men as a group, as opposed to womankind)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wercynn genitive singular wercynnes dative singular wercynne accusative singular wercynn -
mankind — mankind (men as a group, as opposed to womankind)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wǣpnedcynn genitive singular wǣpnedcynnes dative singular wǣpnedcynne accusative singular wǣpnedcynn -
mankind — mankind
- opens the headword's definition
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mankind — humanity, mankind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mancynn genitive singular mancynnes dative singular mancynne accusative singular mancynn -
mankind — "sons of men"; mankind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative plural ielda bearn genitive plural ielda bearna dative plural ielda bearnum accusative plural ielda bearn -
mankind — "sons of men"; mankind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative plural bearn genitive plural bearna dative plural bearnum accusative plural bearn -
mankind — "sons of men"; mankind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative plural æþelinga bearn genitive plural æþelinga bearna dative plural æþelinga bearnum accusative plural æþelinga bearn -
mankind — person
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mann genitive singular mannes dative singular menn accusative singular mann nominative plural menn genitive plural manna -
mankind — troop, army
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dryht genitive singular dryhte dative singular dryhte accusative singular dryht, dryhte nominative plural dryhte, dryhta genitive plural dryhta -
mankind — a people, nation
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular werþēod genitive singular werþēode dative singular werþēode accusative singular werþēode nominative plural werþēoda, werþēode genitive plural werþēoda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “mankind” 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 “mankind”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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