Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ring
5 headwords match “ring”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hring ranks first.
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ring — ring (circular band)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hring genitive singular hringes dative singular hringe accusative singular hring nominative plural hringas genitive plural hringa -
ring — a ring employed as a means of attachment, suspension, or compression; a loop, catch; a buc
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrinġe genitive singular hrinġan dative singular hrinġan accusative singular hrinġan nominative plural hrinġan genitive plural hrinġena -
ring — to ring (make a ringing sound)
- 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 hrinġe first-person singular past indicative hringde second-person singular present indicative hrinġest, hringst second-person singular past indicative hringdest third-person singular present indicative hrinġeþ, hringþ third-person singular past indicative hringde -
ring — ring; circle
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular trendel genitive singular trendles dative singular trendle accusative singular trendel nominative plural trendlas genitive plural trendla -
ring — ring finger
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular goldfinger genitive singular goldfingres dative singular goldfingre accusative singular goldfinger nominative plural goldfingras genitive plural goldfingra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ring” 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 “ring”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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