Modern English → Old English
Old English word for twelve
3 headwords match “twelve”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; twelf ranks first.
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twelve — twelve
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative masculine twelfe nominative feminine twelfe, twelfu accusative feminine twelfe, twelfu genitive twelfa dative twelfum -
twelve — twelve years old / twelve-year-old
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine twelfwintre strong nominative singular feminine twelfwintru, twelfwintro strong nominative singular neuter twelfwintre strong accusative singular masculine twelfwinterne strong accusative singular feminine twelfwintre strong accusative singular neuter twelfwintre -
twelve — Worth twelve hundred (shillings in wergeld).
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine twelfhynde strong nominative singular feminine twelfhyndu, twelfhyndo strong nominative singular neuter twelfhynde strong accusative singular masculine twelfhyndne strong accusative singular feminine twelfhynde strong accusative singular neuter twelfhynde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “twelve” 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 “twelve”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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