Modern English → Old English
Old English word for shackle
5 headwords match “shackle”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; sceacel ranks first.
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shackle — shackle
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċeacel genitive singular sċeaceles dative singular sċeacele accusative singular sċeacel nominative plural sċeacelas genitive plural sċeacela -
shackle — shackle, fetter
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cosp genitive singular cospes dative singular cospe accusative singular cosp nominative plural cospas genitive plural cospa -
shackle — shackle
- opens the headword's definition
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shackle — the metal iron
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine īsern strong nominative singular feminine īsern strong nominative singular neuter īsern strong accusative singular masculine īserne strong accusative singular feminine īserne strong accusative singular neuter īsern -
shackle — captivity, confinement, imprisonment, bondage, thraldom
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hæftnīed genitive singular hæftnīede dative singular hæftnīede accusative singular hæftnīed, hæftnīede nominative plural hæftnīede, hæftnīeda genitive plural hæftnīeda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “shackle” 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?
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