Modern English → Old English
Old English word for salt
5 headwords match “salt”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sealt ranks first.
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salt — salt, salty, salted
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sealt strong nominative singular feminine sealt strong nominative singular neuter sealt strong accusative singular masculine sealtne strong accusative singular feminine sealte strong accusative singular neuter sealt -
salt — to salt
- 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 sealte first-person singular past indicative sēolt second-person singular present indicative sielst, sieltst second-person singular past indicative sēolte third-person singular present indicative sielt third-person singular past indicative sēolt -
salt — salt; salted; salty
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sealten strong nominative singular feminine sealtenu, sealtnu, sealteno, sealtno strong nominative singular neuter sealten strong accusative singular masculine sealtenne strong accusative singular feminine sealtene, sealtne strong accusative singular neuter sealten -
salt — salt worker
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sealtere genitive singular sealteres dative singular sealtere accusative singular sealtere nominative plural sealteras genitive plural sealtera -
salt — rock salt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sealtstān genitive singular sealtstānes dative singular sealtstāne accusative singular sealtstān nominative plural sealtstānas genitive plural sealtstāna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “salt” 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 “salt”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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