Modern English → Old English
Old English word for west
10 headwords match “west”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; west ranks first.
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west — west
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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west — west wind
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular westwind genitive singular westwindes dative singular westwinde accusative singular westwind nominative plural westwindas genitive plural westwinda -
west — the west, a western part or region
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular westdǣl genitive singular westdǣles dative singular westdǣle accusative singular westdǣl nominative plural westdǣlas genitive plural westdǣla -
west — the west side, west (of a place)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular westhealf genitive singular westhealfe dative singular westhealfe accusative singular westhealfe -
west — from the west
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wēste first-person singular past indicative wēste second-person singular present indicative wēstest, wēst second-person singular past indicative wēstest third-person singular present indicative wēsteþ, wēst third-person singular past indicative wēste -
west — due west
- appears in the definition
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west — Zion (a hill in West Jerusalem, in Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular Syon genitive singular Syones dative singular Syone accusative singular Syon -
west — a West Saxon (someone from Wessex)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular Westseaxa genitive singular Westseaxan dative singular Westseaxan accusative singular Westseaxan nominative plural Westseaxan genitive plural Westseaxna -
west — from the west, in the west
- appears in the definition
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west — westward, in the west
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “west” 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 “west”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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