Modern English → Old English
Old English word for tall
6 headwords match “tall”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; brant ranks first.
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tall — tall, high, steep
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brant strong nominative singular feminine brant strong nominative singular neuter brant strong accusative singular masculine brantne strong accusative singular feminine brante strong accusative singular neuter brant -
tall — tall, high
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine uphēah strong nominative singular feminine uphēa strong nominative singular neuter uphēah strong accusative singular masculine uphēane, uphēanne strong accusative singular feminine uphēa strong accusative singular neuter uphēah -
tall — high, tall
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hēah strong nominative singular feminine hēah strong nominative singular neuter hēah strong accusative singular masculine hēane, hēanne strong accusative singular feminine hēa strong accusative singular neuter hēah -
tall — long
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lang strong nominative singular feminine lang strong nominative singular neuter lang strong accusative singular masculine langne strong accusative singular feminine lange strong accusative singular neuter lang -
tall — great, massive
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine grēat strong nominative singular feminine grēat strong nominative singular neuter grēat strong accusative singular masculine grēatne strong accusative singular feminine grēate strong accusative singular neuter grēat -
tall — to tower, stand tall
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hlīfiġe first-person singular past indicative hlīfode second-person singular present indicative hlīfast second-person singular past indicative hlīfodest third-person singular present indicative hlīfaþ third-person singular past indicative hlīfode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “tall” 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 “tall”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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