Modern English → Old English
Old English word for worldly
5 headwords match “worldly”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; woruldlic ranks first.
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worldly — worldly, earthly, natural, physical, temporal, mundane
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine woruldlīċ strong nominative singular feminine woruldlīċ, woruldlīċu, woruldlīċo strong nominative singular neuter woruldlīċ strong accusative singular masculine woruldlīcne strong accusative singular feminine woruldlīċe strong accusative singular neuter woruldlīċ -
worldly — worldly wealth
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weoroldspēd genitive singular weoroldspēde dative singular weoroldspēde accusative singular weoroldspēd, weoroldspēde nominative plural weoroldspēde, weoroldspēda genitive plural weoroldspēda -
worldly — worldly honour
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular woroldār genitive singular woroldāre dative singular woroldāre accusative singular woroldāre nominative plural woroldāra, woroldāre genitive plural woroldāra -
worldly — worldly honour; glory
- opens the headword's definition
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worldly — concern for worldly things
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weoroldċearu genitive singular weoroldċeare dative singular weoroldċeare accusative singular weoroldċeare nominative plural weoroldċeara, weoroldċeare genitive plural weoroldċeara
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “worldly” 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 “worldly”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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