Modern English → Old English
Old English word for western
6 headwords match “western”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; westerne ranks first.
-
western — western
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine westerne strong nominative singular feminine westernu, westerno strong nominative singular neuter westerne strong accusative singular masculine westerne strong accusative singular feminine westerne strong accusative singular neuter westerne -
western — 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 -
western — the western end or extremity of something
- appears in the definition
-
western — the land of the Franks; France, Frankland (a medieval kingdom in Western Europe)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Francland genitive singular Franclandes dative singular Franclande accusative singular Francland -
western — the land of the Greeks; Byzantine Empire (an ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe a
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Crēca land genitive singular Crēca landes dative singular Crēca lande accusative singular Crēca land -
western — Land's End (a headland in western Cornwall), the westernmost place in England.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Penwihtsteort genitive singular Penwihtsteortes dative singular Penwihtsteorte accusative singular Penwihtsteort
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “western” 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 “western”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
Candidates derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each entry links to its source page. · CC BY-SA 4.0 and attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0