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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for alder

5 headwords match “alder”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; alor ranks first.

  1. 1

    alor

    score 24

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    alder — alder

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular alor
    genitive singular alores
    dative singular alore
    accusative singular alor
    nominative plural aloras
    genitive plural alora
  2. 2

    alorbedd

    score 15

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    alder — alder bed

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular alorbedd
    genitive singular alorbeddes
    dative singular alorbedde
    accusative singular alorbedd
    nominative plural alorbedd
    genitive plural alorbedda
  3. 3

    alorholt

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    alder — alder grove

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular alorholt
    genitive singular alorholtes
    dative singular alorholte
    accusative singular alorholt
    nominative plural alorholtas
    genitive plural alorholta
  4. 4

    alorrind

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    alder — alder bark

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular alorrind
    genitive singular alorrinde
    dative singular alorrinde
    accusative singular alorrinde
    nominative plural alorrinda, alorrinde
    genitive plural alorrinda
  5. 5

    alordrenc

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    alder — alder drink

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular alordrenċ
    genitive singular alordrenċes
    dative singular alordrenċe
    accusative singular alordrenċ
    nominative plural alordrenċas
    genitive plural alordrenċa

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “alder” 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?

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