Modern English → Old English
Old English word for self
5 headwords match “self”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; self ranks first.
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self — self; oneself, personally
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine self strong nominative singular feminine self strong nominative singular neuter self strong accusative singular masculine selfne strong accusative singular feminine selfe strong accusative singular neuter self -
self — self, oneself
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sylf strong nominative singular feminine sylf strong nominative singular neuter sylf strong accusative singular masculine sylfne strong accusative singular feminine sylfe strong accusative singular neuter sylf -
self — self
- opens the headword's definition
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self — self
- opens the headword's definition
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self — that which is drawn
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tyht genitive singular tyhtes dative singular tyhte accusative singular tyht nominative plural tyhtas genitive plural tyhta
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “self” 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 “self”, 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