Modern English → Old English
Old English word for pin
5 headwords match “pin”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; pinn ranks first.
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pin — pin; peg
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pinn genitive singular pinnes dative singular pinne accusative singular pinn nominative plural pinnas genitive plural pinna -
pin — pin, broach, fastening
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular prēon genitive singular prēones dative singular prēone accusative singular prēon nominative plural prēonas genitive plural prēona -
pin — a bit; curb (of a bridle)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mīþl, miþl genitive singular mīþles, miþles dative singular mīþle, miþle accusative singular mīþl, miþl nominative plural mīþl, miþlu genitive plural mīþla, miþla -
pin — prick, (small) hole, perforation
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular prica genitive singular prican dative singular prican accusative singular prican nominative plural prican genitive plural pricena -
pin — to lock (with a pin or stake)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative penniġe first-person singular past indicative pennode second-person singular present indicative pennast second-person singular past indicative pennodest third-person singular present indicative pennaþ third-person singular past indicative pennode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “pin” 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 “pin”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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