Modern English → Old English
Old English word for work
10 headwords match “work”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; weorc ranks first.
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work — work, in various senses, including:
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weorc genitive singular weorces dative singular weorce accusative singular weorc nominative plural weorc genitive plural weorca -
work — work, deed
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrht genitive singular wyrhtes dative singular wyrhte accusative singular wyrht nominative plural wyrhtu genitive plural wyrhta -
work — work; labour
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine earfoþe strong nominative singular feminine earfoþu, earfoþo strong nominative singular neuter earfoþe strong accusative singular masculine earfoþne strong accusative singular feminine earfoþe strong accusative singular neuter earfoþe -
work — work, labor
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weorcrǣden genitive singular weorcrǣdenne dative singular weorcrǣdenne accusative singular weorcrǣdenne nominative plural weorcrǣdenna, weorcrǣdenne genitive plural weorcrǣdenna -
work — to make
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wyrċe first-person singular past indicative worhte second-person singular present indicative wyrċest, wyrcst second-person singular past indicative worhtest third-person singular present indicative wyrċeþ, wyrcþ third-person singular past indicative worhte -
work — work (something done or made)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeweorc genitive singular ġeweorces dative singular ġeweorce accusative singular ġeweorc nominative plural ġeweorc genitive plural ġeweorca -
work — work connected with grain contributed through a tax to the church
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċiriċsċeattweorc genitive singular ċiriċsċeattweorces dative singular ċiriċsċeattweorce accusative singular ċiriċsċeattweorc nominative plural ċiriċsċeattweorc genitive plural ċiriċsċeattweorca -
work — work, deed, merit, desert
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewyrht genitive singular ġewyrhtes dative singular ġewyrhte accusative singular ġewyrht nominative plural ġewyrhtu genitive plural ġewyrhta -
work — indoor work
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular inweorc genitive singular inweorces dative singular inweorce accusative singular inweorc nominative plural inweorc genitive plural inweorca -
work — a day's work
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dæġweorc genitive singular dæġweorces dative singular dæġweorce accusative singular dæġweorc nominative plural dæġweorc genitive plural dæġweorca
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “work” 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 “work”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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