Modern English → Old English
Old English word for silk
3 headwords match “silk”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; seolc ranks first.
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silk — silk
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular seolc genitive singular seolces dative singular seolce accusative singular seolc nominative plural seolcas genitive plural seolca -
silk — silk
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine seolcen strong nominative singular feminine seolcenu, seolcnu, seolceno, seolcno strong nominative singular neuter seolcen strong accusative singular masculine seolcenne strong accusative singular feminine seolcene, seolcne strong accusative singular neuter seolcen -
silk — silk
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sīde genitive singular sīdan dative singular sīdan accusative singular sīdan nominative plural sīdan genitive plural sīdena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “silk” 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 “silk”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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