Modern English → Old English
Old English word for old
5 headwords match “old”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; eald ranks first.
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old — old
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine eald strong nominative singular feminine eald strong nominative singular neuter eald strong accusative singular masculine ealdne strong accusative singular feminine ealde strong accusative singular neuter eald -
old — old, ancient
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine gamol strong nominative singular feminine gamol strong nominative singular neuter gamol strong accusative singular masculine gamolne strong accusative singular feminine gamole strong accusative singular neuter gamol -
old — to grow or be old, become old
- 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 ealdiġe first-person singular past indicative ealdode second-person singular present indicative ealdast second-person singular past indicative ealdodest third-person singular present indicative ealdaþ third-person singular past indicative ealdode -
old — old woman, crone
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdcwēn genitive singular ealdcwēne dative singular ealdcwēne accusative singular ealdcwēn, ealdcwēne nominative plural ealdcwēne, ealdcwēna genitive plural ealdcwēna -
old — old wives' tale
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdra cwēna spell genitive singular ealdra cwēna spelles dative singular ealdra cwēna spelle accusative singular ealdra cwēna spell nominative plural ealdra cwēna spell genitive plural ealdra cwēna spella
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “old” 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 “old”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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