Modern English → Old English
Old English word for pound
5 headwords match “pound”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; pund ranks first.
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pound — pound (weight or currency)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pund genitive singular pundes dative singular punde accusative singular pund nominative plural pund genitive plural punda -
pound — to pound, crush (up)
- 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 pūniġe first-person singular past indicative pūnode second-person singular present indicative pūnast second-person singular past indicative pūnodest third-person singular present indicative pūnaþ third-person singular past indicative pūnode -
pound — to pound, grind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative trifuliġe first-person singular past indicative trifulode second-person singular present indicative trifulast second-person singular past indicative trifulodest third-person singular present indicative trifulaþ third-person singular past indicative trifulode -
pound — to pound in a mortar
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative pīliġe first-person singular past indicative pīlode second-person singular present indicative pīlast second-person singular past indicative pīlodest third-person singular present indicative pīlaþ third-person singular past indicative pīlode -
pound — to knock (rap one's knuckles against something)
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cnociġe first-person singular past indicative cnocode second-person singular present indicative cnocast second-person singular past indicative cnocodest third-person singular present indicative cnocaþ third-person singular past indicative cnocode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “pound” 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 “pound”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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