Modern English → Old English
Old English word for stone
5 headwords match “stone”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; stan ranks first.
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stone — stone
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stān genitive singular stānes dative singular stāne accusative singular stān nominative plural stānas genitive plural stāna -
stone — stone, rock
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular carr genitive singular carres dative singular carre accusative singular carr nominative plural carras genitive plural carra -
stone — stone; rock; boulder
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clūd genitive singular clūdes dative singular clūde accusative singular clūd nominative plural clūdas genitive plural clūda -
stone — to stone, throw stones (at)
- 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 stāniġe first-person singular past indicative stānode second-person singular present indicative stānast second-person singular past indicative stānodest third-person singular present indicative stānaþ third-person singular past indicative stānode -
stone — a stone; rock
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heall genitive singular healle dative singular healle accusative singular healle nominative plural healla, healle genitive plural healla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “stone” 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 “stone”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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