Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sword
5 headwords match “sword”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sweord ranks first.
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sword — sword
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sweord genitive singular sweordes dative singular sweorde accusative singular sweord nominative plural sweord genitive plural sweorda -
sword — sword
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mǣċe genitive singular mǣċes dative singular mǣċe accusative singular mǣċe nominative plural mǣċas genitive plural mǣċa -
sword — sword
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular seċġ genitive singular seċġes dative singular seċġe accusative singular seċġ nominative plural seċġas genitive plural seċġa -
sword — sword
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heoru genitive singular heorwes dative singular heorwe accusative singular heoru nominative plural heorwas genitive plural heorwa -
sword — sword
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hamora lāf genitive singular hamora lāfe dative singular hamora lāfe accusative singular hamora lāfe nominative plural hamora lāfa, hamora lāfe genitive plural hamora lāfa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sword” 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 “sword”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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