Modern English → Old English
Old English word for wergeld
5 headwords match “wergeld”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wergield ranks first.
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wergeld — wergeld: a kind of blood money paid by a criminal to a victim, or to the victim's family i
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular werġield genitive singular werġieldes dative singular werġielde accusative singular werġield nominative plural werġield genitive plural werġielda -
wergeld — Worth six hundred (shillings in wergeld).
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sixhynde strong nominative singular feminine sixhyndu, sixhyndo strong nominative singular neuter sixhynde strong accusative singular masculine sixhyndne strong accusative singular feminine sixhynde strong accusative singular neuter sixhynde -
wergeld — Worth two hundred (shillings in wergeld).
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine twihynde strong nominative singular feminine twihyndu, twihyndo strong nominative singular neuter twihynde strong accusative singular masculine twihyndne strong accusative singular feminine twihynde strong accusative singular neuter twihynde -
wergeld — a fine prescribed in substitution for capital and other punishments, preferential share of
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular healsfang genitive singular healsfanges dative singular healsfange accusative singular healsfang nominative plural healsfang genitive plural healsfanga -
wergeld — 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 “wergeld” 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?
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