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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for wide

5 headwords match “wide”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wid ranks first.

  1. 1

    wid

    score 24

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    wide — wide, far

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wīd
    strong nominative singular feminine wīd
    strong nominative singular neuter wīd
    strong accusative singular masculine wīdne
    strong accusative singular feminine wīde
    strong accusative singular neuter wīd
  2. 2

    brad

    score 15

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    wide — wide, broad

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine brād
    strong nominative singular feminine brād
    strong nominative singular neuter brād
    strong accusative singular masculine brādne
    strong accusative singular feminine brāde
    strong accusative singular neuter brād
  3. 3

    ginn

    score 15

    adjective · 9 inflected forms

    wide — wide, spacious, vast

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ġinn
    strong nominative singular feminine ġinn
    strong nominative singular neuter ġinn
    strong accusative singular masculine ġinne
    strong accusative singular feminine ġinne
    strong accusative singular neuter ġinn
  4. 4

    sid

    score 13

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    wide — wide, spacious, vast, great, large, broad

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sīd
    strong nominative singular feminine sīd
    strong nominative singular neuter sīd
    strong accusative singular masculine sīdne
    strong accusative singular feminine sīde
    strong accusative singular neuter sīd
  5. 5

    widgil

    score 9

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    wide — spacious, broad, wide, vast

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wīdgil
    strong nominative singular feminine wīdgil
    strong nominative singular neuter wīdgil
    strong accusative singular masculine wīdgilne
    strong accusative singular feminine wīdgille
    strong accusative singular neuter wīdgil

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “wide” 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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