Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ambush
5 headwords match “ambush”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sæt ranks first.
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ambush — ambush
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sǣt genitive singular sǣte dative singular sǣte accusative singular sǣte nominative plural sǣta, sǣte genitive plural sǣta -
ambush — sudden danger, calamity; ambush
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġefǣr genitive singular ġefǣres dative singular ġefǣre accusative singular ġefǣr nominative plural ġefǣras genitive plural ġefǣra -
ambush — sitting, lying in wait, ambush
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeset genitive singular ġesetes dative singular ġesete accusative singular ġeset nominative plural ġesetu genitive plural ġeseta -
ambush — sudden danger, calamity
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fær genitive singular færes dative singular fære accusative singular fær nominative plural faru genitive plural fara -
ambush — intervention
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular foresteall genitive singular forestealles dative singular forestealle accusative singular foresteall nominative plural foresteallas genitive plural forestealla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ambush” 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 “ambush”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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