Modern English → Old English
Old English word for span
6 headwords match “span”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; spann ranks first.
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span — span (of a hand; used as a measurement, typically considered about nine inches)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spann genitive singular spanne dative singular spanne accusative singular spanne nominative plural spanna, spanne genitive plural spanna -
span — to span, clasp, fasten, attach, join, link
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative spanne first-person singular past indicative spēonn, spēon second-person singular present indicative spenst second-person singular past indicative spēonne, spēone third-person singular present indicative spenþ third-person singular past indicative spēonn, spēon -
span — time in general
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tīd genitive singular tīde dative singular tīde accusative singular tīd, tīde nominative plural tīde, tīda genitive plural tīda -
span — piece
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular styċċe genitive singular styċċes dative singular styċċe accusative singular styċċe nominative plural styċċu genitive plural styċċa -
span — to span, clasp, fasten, join; attach; link
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġespanne first-person singular past indicative ġespēonn, ġespēon second-person singular present indicative ġespenst second-person singular past indicative ġespēonne, ġespēone third-person singular present indicative ġespenþ third-person singular past indicative ġespēonn, ġespēon -
span — night
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular niht genitive singular niht, nihtes dative singular niht, nihte accusative singular niht nominative plural niht genitive plural nihta
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “span” 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 “span”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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