Modern English → Old English
Old English word for song
10 headwords match “song”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; sang ranks first.
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song — song
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sang genitive singular sanges dative singular sange accusative singular sang nominative plural sangas genitive plural sanga -
song — song, ballad
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwidegiedd genitive singular cwidegieddes dative singular cwidegiedde accusative singular cwidegiedd nominative plural cwidegiedd genitive plural cwidegiedda -
song — song thrush
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þrostle genitive singular þrostlan dative singular þrostlan accusative singular þrostlan nominative plural þrostlan genitive plural þrostlena -
song — poem, song
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fitt genitive singular fitte dative singular fitte accusative singular fitte nominative plural fitta, fitte genitive plural fitta -
song — a poem, song
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lēoþsang genitive singular lēoþsanges dative singular lēoþsange accusative singular lēoþsang nominative plural lēoþsangas genitive plural lēoþsanga -
song — main song
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēafodwōþ genitive singular hēafodwōþe dative singular hēafodwōþe accusative singular hēafodwōþe nominative plural hēafodwōþa, hēafodwōþe genitive plural hēafodwōþa -
song — evening song, evensong
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣfendrēam genitive singular ǣfendrēames dative singular ǣfendrēame accusative singular ǣfendrēam nominative plural ǣfendrēamas genitive plural ǣfendrēama -
song — story, tale, song, poem
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġiedd genitive singular ġieddes dative singular ġiedde accusative singular ġiedd nominative plural ġiedd genitive plural ġiedda -
song — hymn, song of praise
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lofsang genitive singular lofsanges dative singular lofsange accusative singular lofsang nominative plural lofsangas genitive plural lofsanga -
song — a song; saying; discourse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġieddung genitive singular ġieddunge dative singular ġieddunge accusative singular ġieddunge nominative plural ġieddunga, ġieddunge genitive plural ġieddunga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “song” 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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