Modern English → Old English
Old English word for tale
7 headwords match “tale”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; talu ranks first.
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tale — account, reckoning
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular talu genitive singular tale dative singular tale accusative singular tale nominative plural tala, tale genitive plural tala -
tale — tale of woe
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wēaspell genitive singular wēaspelles dative singular wēaspelle accusative singular wēaspell nominative plural wēaspell genitive plural wēaspella -
tale — 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 -
tale — old wives' tale
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdra cwēna spell genitive singular ealdra cwēna spelles dative singular ealdra cwēna spelle accusative singular ealdra cwēna spell nominative plural ealdra cwēna spell genitive plural ealdra cwēna spella -
tale — saying; statement
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular saga genitive singular sagan dative singular sagan accusative singular sagan nominative plural sagan genitive plural sagena -
tale — song, ballad
- 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 -
tale — to suppose, consider, reckon, account
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative taliġe first-person singular past indicative talode second-person singular present indicative talast second-person singular past indicative talodest third-person singular present indicative talaþ third-person singular past indicative talode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “tale” 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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