Modern English → Old English
Old English word for queen
5 headwords match “queen”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; cwen ranks first.
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queen — queen (a ruling female monarch or a king's wife)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwēn genitive singular cwēne dative singular cwēne accusative singular cwēn, cwēne nominative plural cwēne, cwēna genitive plural cwēna -
queen — queen bee
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēomōdor genitive singular bēomōdor, bēomēder dative singular bēomēder accusative singular bēomōdor nominative plural bēomōdra, bēomōdru genitive plural bēomōdra -
queen — woman, lady; queen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ides genitive singular idese dative singular idese accusative singular idese nominative plural idesa, idese genitive plural idesa -
queen — a noble queen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dryhtcwēn genitive singular dryhtcwēne dative singular dryhtcwēne accusative singular dryhtcwēne nominative plural dryhtcwēna, dryhtcwēne genitive plural dryhtcwēna -
queen — a female king; queen
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cyninge genitive singular cyningan dative singular cyningan accusative singular cyningan nominative plural cyningan genitive plural cyningena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “queen” 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 “queen”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
Candidates derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each entry links to its source page. · CC BY-SA 4.0 and attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0