Modern English → Old English
Old English word for three
10 headwords match “three”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; þri ranks first.
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three — three
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative plural masculine þrī strong nominative plural feminine þrēo strong nominative plural neuter þrēo strong accusative plural masculine þrī strong accusative plural feminine þrēo strong accusative plural neuter þrēo -
three — three years old / three-year-old
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine þriwintre strong nominative singular feminine þriwintru, þriwintro strong nominative singular neuter þriwintre strong accusative singular masculine þriwinterne strong accusative singular feminine þriwintre strong accusative singular neuter þriwintre -
three — three
- opens the headword's definition
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three — three times, thrice
- opens the headword's definition
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three — three, tri- (combining form of þrī)
- opens the headword's definition
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three — three hundred
- opens the headword's definition
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three — three hundred year(s) old
- opens the headword's definition
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three — week
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wice genitive singular wican dative singular wican accusative singular wican nominative plural wican genitive plural wicena -
three — astrologer
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tungolwītga genitive singular tungolwītgan dative singular tungolwītgan accusative singular tungolwītgan nominative plural tungolwītgan genitive plural tungolwītgena -
three — three-footed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine þrifēte strong nominative singular feminine þrifētu, þrifēto strong nominative singular neuter þrifēte strong accusative singular masculine þrifētne strong accusative singular feminine þrifēte strong accusative singular neuter þrifēte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “three” 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 “three”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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