Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sight
5 headwords match “sight”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sihþ ranks first.
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sight — sight (ability to see)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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sight — sight; vision
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġesihþ genitive singular ġesihþe dative singular ġesihþe accusative singular ġesihþe nominative plural ġesihþa, ġesihþe genitive plural ġesihþa -
sight — power of sight, vision
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sīen genitive singular sīene dative singular sīene accusative singular sīen, sīene nominative plural sīene, sīena genitive plural sīena -
sight — a sight, show, spectacle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wæfþ genitive singular wæfþe dative singular wæfþe accusative singular wæfþe nominative plural wæfþa, wæfþe genitive plural wæfþa -
sight — out of sight
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine orīeġe strong nominative singular feminine orīeġu, orīeġo strong nominative singular neuter orīeġe strong accusative singular masculine orīeġne strong accusative singular feminine orīeġe strong accusative singular neuter orīeġe
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sight” 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 “sight”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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