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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for through

5 headwords match “through”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; þurh ranks first.

  1. 1

    þurh

    score 21

    preposition

    through — through

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    geond

    score 12

    adverb

    through — through, throughout

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    þurh-

    score 10

    prefix

    through — through, over (with verbs of motion; compare Latin trans-)

    • opens the headword's definition
  4. 4

    niedhæs

    score 9

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    through — command through compulsion

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nīedhǣs
    genitive singular nīedhǣse
    dative singular nīedhǣse
    accusative singular nīedhǣse
    nominative plural nīedhǣsa, nīedhǣse
    genitive plural nīedhǣsa
  5. 5

    tilþ

    score 7

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    through — something gained or acquired through labor

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tilþ
    genitive singular tilþe
    dative singular tilþe
    accusative singular tilþe
    nominative plural tilþa, tilþe
    genitive plural tilþa

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “through” 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 “through”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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