Modern English → Old English
Old English word for woe
7 headwords match “woe”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; wa ranks first.
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woe — woe, ill
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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woe — tale of woe
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wēaspell genitive singular wēaspelles dative singular wēaspelle accusative singular wēaspell nominative plural wēaspell genitive plural wēaspella -
woe — token of woe
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wēatācen genitive singular wēatācnes dative singular wēatācne accusative singular wēatācen nominative plural wēatācnu genitive plural wēatācna -
woe — pain
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sārnes genitive singular sārnesse dative singular sārnesse accusative singular sārnesse nominative plural sārnessa, sārnesse genitive plural sārnessa -
woe — misfortune, evil, harm, trouble
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wēa genitive singular wēan dative singular wēan accusative singular wēan nominative plural wēan genitive plural wēana -
woe — alas, oh woe; weylawey
- appears in the definition
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woe — the woe of hell
- 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 “woe” 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 “woe”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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