Modern English → Old English
Old English word for short
5 headwords match “short”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; scort ranks first.
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short — short
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sċort strong nominative singular feminine sċort strong nominative singular neuter sċort strong accusative singular masculine sċortne strong accusative singular feminine sċorte strong accusative singular neuter sċort -
short — to become short, shorten
- 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 sċortiġe first-person singular past indicative sċortode second-person singular present indicative sċortast second-person singular past indicative sċortodest third-person singular present indicative sċortaþ third-person singular past indicative sċortode -
short — short, not lasting
- opens the headword's definition
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short — short, direct, near (in distance)
- opens the headword's definition
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short — a short garment; skirt; kirtle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċyrte genitive singular sċyrtan dative singular sċyrtan accusative singular sċyrtan nominative plural sċyrtan genitive plural sċyrtena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “short” 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 “short”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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