Modern English → Old English
Old English word for understanding
5 headwords match “understanding”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; understanding ranks first.
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understanding — intelligence
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular understanding genitive singular understandinge dative singular understandinge accusative singular understandinge -
understanding — understanding, intellect, cognizance
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular andġiet genitive singular andġietes dative singular andġiete accusative singular andġiet nominative plural andġietu genitive plural andġieta -
understanding — intellect, understanding
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine andġiete strong nominative singular feminine andġietu, andġieto strong nominative singular neuter andġiete strong accusative singular masculine andġietne strong accusative singular feminine andġiete strong accusative singular neuter andġiete -
understanding — mind, understanding, sense, sanity
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular witt genitive singular wittes dative singular witte accusative singular witt nominative plural witt genitive plural witta -
understanding — unwise, without understanding, ignorant, unskilled
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unglēaw strong nominative singular feminine unglēaw strong nominative singular neuter unglēaw strong accusative singular masculine unglēawne strong accusative singular feminine unglēawe strong accusative singular neuter unglēaw
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “understanding” 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 “understanding”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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