Modern English → Old English
Old English word for tower
5 headwords match “tower”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; tur ranks first.
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tower — tower
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tūr genitive singular tūres dative singular tūre accusative singular tūr nominative plural tūras genitive plural tūra -
tower — tower
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular torr genitive singular torres dative singular torre accusative singular torr nominative plural torras genitive plural torra -
tower — tower
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīġhūs genitive singular wīġhūses dative singular wīġhūse accusative singular wīġhūs nominative plural wīġhūs genitive plural wīġhūsa -
tower — tower
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stīepel genitive singular stīeples dative singular stīeple accusative singular stīepel nominative plural stīeplas genitive plural stīepla -
tower — cliff, crag
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċielf genitive singular sċielfes dative singular sċielfe accusative singular sċielf nominative plural sċielfas genitive plural sċielfa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “tower” 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 “tower”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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