Modern English → Old English
Old English word for staff
6 headwords match “staff”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; stæf ranks first.
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staff — staff
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stæf genitive singular stæfes dative singular stæfe accusative singular stæf nominative plural stafas genitive plural stafa -
staff — rod, staff
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeard genitive singular ġeardes dative singular ġearde accusative singular ġeard nominative plural ġeardas genitive plural ġearda -
staff — rod, staff
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġierd genitive singular ġierde dative singular ġierde accusative singular ġierd, ġierde nominative plural ġierde, ġierda genitive plural ġierda -
staff — crutch
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cryċċ genitive singular cryċċe dative singular cryċċe accusative singular cryċċe nominative plural cryċċa, cryċċe genitive plural cryċċa -
staff — tree
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular trēow genitive singular trēowes dative singular trēowe accusative singular trēow nominative plural trēowu genitive plural trēowa -
staff — a line; rod
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “staff” 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 “staff”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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