Modern English → Old English
Old English word for thing
5 headwords match “thing”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; þing ranks first.
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thing — thing
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þing, þinġ genitive singular þinges dative singular þinge accusative singular þing, þinġ nominative plural þing genitive plural þinga -
thing — thing
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wiht genitive singular wihte, wihtes dative singular wihte accusative singular wiht, wihte nominative plural wihte, wihta, wihtu genitive plural wihta -
thing — to intercede, supplicate
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þingiġe first-person singular past indicative þingode second-person singular present indicative þingast second-person singular past indicative þingodest third-person singular present indicative þingaþ third-person singular past indicative þingode -
thing — a thing belonging to the church
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċiriċþing genitive singular ċiriċþinges dative singular ċiriċþinge accusative singular ċiriċþing nominative plural ċiriċþing genitive plural ċiriċþinga -
thing — a person or thing that is evil, hated or unpleasant
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lāþ strong nominative singular feminine lāþ strong nominative singular neuter lāþ strong accusative singular masculine lāþne strong accusative singular feminine lāþe strong accusative singular neuter lāþ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “thing” 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 “thing”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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