Modern English → Old English
Old English word for watch
5 headwords match “watch”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wæcce ranks first.
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watch — watch
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wæċċe genitive singular wæċċan dative singular wæċċan accusative singular wæċċan nominative plural wæċċan genitive plural wæċċena -
watch — wake, watch
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wacu genitive singular wace dative singular wace accusative singular wace nominative plural waca, wace genitive plural waca -
watch — care, watch, observation
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular waru genitive singular ware dative singular ware accusative singular ware nominative plural wara, ware genitive plural wara -
watch — night watch
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nihtwacu genitive singular nihtwace dative singular nihtwace accusative singular nihtwace nominative plural nihtwaca, nihtwace genitive plural nihtwaca -
watch — night watch
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nihtwæċċe genitive singular nihtwæċċan dative singular nihtwæċċan accusative singular nihtwæċċan nominative plural nihtwæċċan genitive plural nihtwæċċena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “watch” 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 “watch”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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