Modern English → Old English
Old English word for war
10 headwords match “war”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; werre ranks first.
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war — war (large-scale military conflict)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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war — war, battle
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīġ genitive singular wīġes dative singular wīġe accusative singular wīġ nominative plural wīġ genitive plural wīġa -
war — war
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewinn genitive singular ġewinnes dative singular ġewinne accusative singular ġewinn nominative plural ġewinn genitive plural ġewinna -
war — war, strife; hostility
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular orleġe genitive singular orleġes dative singular orleġe accusative singular orleġe nominative plural orleġu genitive plural orleġa -
war — war banner
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gūþfana genitive singular gūþfanan dative singular gūþfanan accusative singular gūþfanan nominative plural gūþfanan genitive plural gūþfanena -
war — war chariot
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīgwæġn genitive singular wīgwæġnes dative singular wīgwæġne accusative singular wīgwæġn nominative plural wīgwæġnas genitive plural wīgwæġna -
war — war
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þurhġefeoht genitive singular þurhġefeohtes dative singular þurhġefeohte accusative singular þurhġefeoht nominative plural þurhġefeoht genitive plural þurhġefeohta -
war — war, battle (attested only in compounds)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heaþu genitive singular heaþa dative singular heaþa accusative singular heaþu nominative plural heaþa genitive plural heaþa -
war — battle, war
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hild genitive singular hilde dative singular hilde accusative singular hild, hilde nominative plural hilde, hilda genitive plural hilda -
war — battle, war
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular beadu genitive singular beadwe dative singular beadwe accusative singular beadwe nominative plural beadwa, beadwe genitive plural beadwa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “war” 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 “war”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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