Modern English → Old English
Old English word for saint
5 headwords match “saint”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sanct ranks first.
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saint — saint
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sanct genitive singular sanctes dative singular sancte accusative singular sanct nominative plural sanctas genitive plural sancta -
saint — holy man, saint (male or of unspecified gender)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hālga genitive singular hālgan dative singular hālgan accusative singular hālgan nominative plural hālgan genitive plural hālgena -
saint — holy woman, (female) saint
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hālġe genitive singular hālgan dative singular hālgan accusative singular hālgan nominative plural hālgan genitive plural hālgena -
saint — a holy one; a hallow or saint
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hāliġware genitive singular hāliġwares dative singular hāliġware accusative singular hāliġware nominative plural hāliġwaras genitive plural hāliġwara -
saint — a man that reaches the glory of heaven; an heir of heaven (such as a saint)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wuldormāga genitive singular wuldormāgan dative singular wuldormāgan accusative singular wuldormāgan nominative plural wuldormāgan genitive plural wuldormāgena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “saint” 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 “saint”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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