Modern English → Old English
Old English word for written
10 headwords match “written”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; gewritræden ranks first.
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written — written agreement
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewritrǣden genitive singular ġewritrǣdenne dative singular ġewritrǣdenne accusative singular ġewritrǣdenne nominative plural ġewritrǣdenna, ġewritrǣdenne genitive plural ġewritrǣdenna -
written — written character, letter
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōcstæf genitive singular bōcstæfes dative singular bōcstæfe accusative singular bōcstæf nominative plural bōcstafas genitive plural bōcstafa -
written — book in which names are written; register
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nambōc genitive singular nambēċ, nambōce dative singular nambēċ accusative singular nambōc nominative plural nambēċ genitive plural nambōca -
written — entirely written (by one's own hand)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ælwriten strong nominative singular feminine ælwriten strong nominative singular neuter ælwriten strong accusative singular masculine ælwritenne strong accusative singular feminine ælwritene strong accusative singular neuter ælwriten -
written — letter (written message)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣrendġewrit genitive singular ǣrendġewrites dative singular ǣrendġewrite accusative singular ǣrendġewrit nominative plural ǣrendġewritu genitive plural ǣrendġewrita -
written — Written on a letter, usually a vowel, in place of an omitted n or m.
- opens the headword's definition
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written — something written by hand, manuscript; handwriting
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular handġewrit genitive singular handġewrites dative singular handġewrite accusative singular handġewrit nominative plural handġewritu genitive plural handġewrita -
written — staff
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Paradigm summary nominative singular stæf genitive singular stæfes dative singular stæfe accusative singular stæf nominative plural stafas genitive plural stafa -
written — A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- appears in the definition
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written — A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- 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 “written” 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.
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