Modern English → Old English
Old English word for smith
5 headwords match “smith”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; smiþ ranks first.
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smith — smith
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular smiþ genitive singular smiþes dative singular smiþe accusative singular smiþ nominative plural smiþas genitive plural smiþa -
smith — official smith or carpenter
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ambehtsmiþ genitive singular ambehtsmiþes dative singular ambehtsmiþe accusative singular ambehtsmiþ nominative plural ambehtsmiþas genitive plural ambehtsmiþa -
smith — to forge: to make skillfully, especially of metal
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative smiþiġe first-person singular past indicative smiþode second-person singular present indicative smiþast second-person singular past indicative smiþodest third-person singular present indicative smiþaþ third-person singular past indicative smiþode -
smith — someone who makes idols; literally "idol smith"
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wēohsmiþ genitive singular wēohsmiþes dative singular wēohsmiþe accusative singular wēohsmiþ nominative plural wēohsmiþas genitive plural wēohsmiþa -
smith — Wayland, a smith of Germanic legend
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Wēland genitive singular Wēlandes dative singular Wēlande accusative singular Wēland
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “smith” 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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