Modern English → Old English
Old English word for only
5 headwords match “only”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; anlic ranks first.
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only — only
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ānlīċ strong nominative singular feminine ānlīċ, ānlīċu, ānlīċo strong nominative singular neuter ānlīċ strong accusative singular masculine ānlīcne strong accusative singular feminine ānlīċe strong accusative singular neuter ānlīċ -
only — alone
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ǣnlīċ strong nominative singular feminine ǣnlīċ, ǣnlīċu, ǣnlīċo strong nominative singular neuter ǣnlīċ strong accusative singular masculine ǣnlīcne strong accusative singular feminine ǣnlīċe strong accusative singular neuter ǣnlīċ -
only — only
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ān strong nominative singular feminine ān strong nominative singular neuter ān strong accusative singular masculine ānne strong accusative singular feminine āne strong accusative singular neuter ān -
only — only
- opens the headword's definition
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only — only
- opens the headword's definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “only” 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 “only”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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