Modern English → Old English
Old English word for six
5 headwords match “six”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; six ranks first.
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six — six
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative masculine sixe nominative feminine sixe, sixu accusative feminine sixe, sixu genitive sixa dative sixum -
six — six year(s) old
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sixwintre strong nominative singular feminine sixwintru, sixwintro strong nominative singular neuter sixwintre strong accusative singular masculine sixwinterne strong accusative singular feminine sixwintre strong accusative singular neuter sixwintre -
six — six thousand
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative plural six þūsenda, six þūsende genitive plural six þūsenda dative plural six þūsendum accusative plural six þūsenda, six þūsende -
six — six hundred
- opens the headword's definition
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six — Worth six hundred (shillings in wergeld).
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sixhynde strong nominative singular feminine sixhyndu, sixhyndo strong nominative singular neuter sixhynde strong accusative singular masculine sixhyndne strong accusative singular feminine sixhynde strong accusative singular neuter sixhynde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “six” 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 “six”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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