Modern English → Old English
Old English word for way
10 headwords match “way”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; weg ranks first.
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way — way
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weġ genitive singular weġes dative singular weġe accusative singular weġ nominative plural wegas genitive plural wega -
way — way (manner)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīse genitive singular wīsan dative singular wīsan accusative singular wīsan nominative plural wīsan genitive plural wīsena -
way — way, journey, passage, expedition; highway
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fær genitive singular færes dative singular fære accusative singular fær nominative plural faru genitive plural fara -
way — way, journey, course, expedition; a (collective) going
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġefǣr genitive singular ġefǣres dative singular ġefǣre accusative singular ġefǣr nominative plural ġefǣras genitive plural ġefǣra -
way — way of life
- opens the headword's definition
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way — the way of the world
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weoroldrǣden genitive singular weoroldrǣdenne dative singular weoroldrǣdenne accusative singular weoroldrǣdenne nominative plural weoroldrǣdenna, weoroldrǣdenne genitive plural weoroldrǣdenna -
way — carrying, bringing, leading
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lād genitive singular lāde dative singular lāde accusative singular lāde nominative plural lāda, lāde genitive plural lāda -
way — option, choice; possibility
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine cost strong nominative singular feminine cost strong nominative singular neuter cost strong accusative singular masculine costne strong accusative singular feminine coste strong accusative singular neuter cost -
way — a rise, ascent
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular upgang genitive singular upganges dative singular upgange accusative singular upgang nominative plural upgangas genitive plural upganga -
way — way too, far too
- opens the headword's definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “way” 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 “way”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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