Modern English → Old English
Old English word for period
10 headwords match “period”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; dægred ranks first.
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period — dawn, the period of the early morning before sunrise when the sun's light begins to bright
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dæġrēd genitive singular dæġrēdes dative singular dæġrēde accusative singular dæġrēd nominative plural dæġrēd genitive plural dæġrēda -
period — the period of the early morning when roosters begin to crow; the wee hours of morning
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hancrēd genitive singular hancrēdes dative singular hancrēde accusative singular hancrēd nominative plural hancrēdas genitive plural hancrēda -
period — time in general
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tīd genitive singular tīde dative singular tīde accusative singular tīd, tīde nominative plural tīde, tīda genitive plural tīda -
period — age
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ieldu genitive singular ieldu, ielde dative singular ieldu, ielde accusative singular ieldu, ielde nominative plural ieldu, ielde genitive plural ielda -
period — day, (usually) as a period from sunrise to sunset and (scientifically) as a 24-hour period
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dæġ genitive singular dæġes dative singular dæġe accusative singular dæġ nominative plural dagas genitive plural daga -
period — day, as in a 24-hour period of the calendar
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dœ̄ġ genitive singular dœ̄ġes dative singular dœ̄ġe accusative singular dœ̄ġ nominative plural dœ̄ġas genitive plural dœ̄ġa -
period — while, period of time
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hwīl genitive singular hwīle dative singular hwīle accusative singular hwīle nominative plural hwīla, hwīle genitive plural hwīla -
period — a time, hour (period of time)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tīma genitive singular tīman dative singular tīman accusative singular tīman nominative plural tīman genitive plural tīmena -
period — two-month period covering December and January
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġēola, ġeōla genitive singular ġēolan, ġeōlan dative singular ġēolan, ġeōlan accusative singular ġēolan, ġeōlan nominative plural ġēolan, ġeōlan genitive plural ġēolena, ġeōlena -
period — Hard time, period of hardship
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular earfoþhwīl genitive singular earfoþhwīle dative singular earfoþhwīle accusative singular earfoþhwīle nominative plural earfoþhwīla, earfoþhwīle genitive plural earfoþhwīla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “period” 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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