Modern English → Old English
Old English word for northern
10 headwords match “northern”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; norþerne ranks first.
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northern — northern
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine norþerne strong nominative singular feminine norþernu, norþerno strong nominative singular neuter norþerne strong accusative singular masculine norþerne strong accusative singular feminine norþerne strong accusative singular neuter norþerne -
northern — the north, a northern part
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular norþdǣl genitive singular norþdǣles dative singular norþdǣle accusative singular norþdǣl nominative plural norþdǣlas genitive plural norþdǣla -
northern — ‘north-Dane’, the northern Danes
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative plural Norþdene genitive plural Norþdena dative plural Norþdenum accusative plural Norþdene -
northern — Scottish (of the Scottish people of northern Britain)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine Scyttisċ strong nominative singular feminine Scyttisċ strong nominative singular neuter Scyttisċ strong accusative singular masculine Scyttisċne strong accusative singular feminine Scyttisċe strong accusative singular neuter Scyttisċ -
northern — a northern land or country
- appears in the definition
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northern — the northern Scots
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative plural Norþsċottas genitive plural Norþsċotta dative plural Norþsċottum accusative plural Norþsċottas -
northern — the northern Mercians
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative plural Norþmierċe genitive plural Norþmiercna dative plural Norþmierċum accusative plural Norþmierċe -
northern — Britain (a large island of Northern Europe)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Breten genitive singular Bretene dative singular Bretene accusative singular Bretene -
northern — an inhabitant of Vendil (the northern part of Jutland, now called Vendsyssel)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Wendel genitive singular Wendles dative singular Wendle accusative singular Wendel nominative plural Wendlas, Wendle genitive plural Wendla -
northern — Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Norþweġ genitive singular Norþweġes dative singular Norþweġe accusative singular Norþweġ nominative plural Norþwegas genitive plural Norþwega
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “northern” 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?
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