Modern English → Old English
Old English word for neck
7 headwords match “neck”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; hnecca ranks first.
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neck — back of the neck
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hnecca genitive singular hneccan dative singular hneccan accusative singular hneccan nominative plural hneccan genitive plural hneccena -
neck — neck
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heals genitive singular healses dative singular healse accusative singular heals nominative plural healsas genitive plural healsa -
neck — neck
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular swēora genitive singular swēoran dative singular swēoran accusative singular swēoran nominative plural swēoran genitive plural swēorena -
neck — neck bone
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bānhring genitive singular bānhringes dative singular bānhringe accusative singular bānhring nominative plural bānhringas genitive plural bānhringa -
neck — neck collar
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular healswriþa genitive singular healswriþan dative singular healswriþan accusative singular healswriþan nominative plural healswriþan genitive plural healswriþena -
neck — object worn around the neck, often made of gold or silver: collar, necklace
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular swēorbēag genitive singular swēorbēages dative singular swēorbēage accusative singular swēorbēag nominative plural swēorbēagas genitive plural swēorbēaga -
neck — a veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood
- 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 “neck” 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 “neck”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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