Modern English → Old English
Old English word for working
5 headwords match “working”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wyrcing ranks first.
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working — working, doing
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrċing genitive singular wyrċinge dative singular wyrċinge accusative singular wyrċinge nominative plural wyrċinga, wyrċinge genitive plural wyrċinga -
working — working; striving; endeavouring
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine deorf strong nominative singular feminine deorf strong nominative singular neuter deorf strong accusative singular masculine deorfne strong accusative singular feminine deorfe strong accusative singular neuter deorf -
working — working together, cooperating
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine samodwyrċende strong nominative singular feminine samodwyrċendu, samodwyrċendo strong nominative singular neuter samodwyrċende strong accusative singular masculine samodwyrċendne strong accusative singular feminine samodwyrċende strong accusative singular neuter samodwyrċende -
working — working together: cooperation, collaboration
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular efnwyrċing genitive singular efnwyrċinge dative singular efnwyrċinge accusative singular efnwyrċinge nominative plural efnwyrċinga, efnwyrċinge genitive plural efnwyrċinga -
working — a working slave
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weorcþēow genitive singular weorcþēowes dative singular weorcþēowe accusative singular weorcþēow nominative plural weorcþēowas genitive plural weorcþēowa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “working” 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 “working”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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