Modern English → Old English
Old English word for wind
5 headwords match “wind”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wind ranks first.
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wind — wind
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wind genitive singular windes dative singular winde accusative singular wind nominative plural windas genitive plural winda -
wind — to twist, wind, circle, curl, spiral, eddy
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative winde first-person singular past indicative wand second-person singular present indicative winst, wintst second-person singular past indicative wunde third-person singular present indicative wint third-person singular past indicative wand -
wind — west wind
- appears in the 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 -
wind — favorable wind
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ambyre strong nominative singular feminine ambyru, ambyro strong nominative singular neuter ambyre strong accusative singular masculine ambyrne strong accusative singular feminine ambyre strong accusative singular neuter ambyre -
wind — a wind from one of the four chief points of the compass
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēafodwind genitive singular hēafodwindes dative singular hēafodwinde accusative singular hēafodwind nominative plural hēafodwindas genitive plural hēafodwinda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “wind” 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 “wind”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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