Modern English → Old English
Old English word for apple
5 headwords match “apple”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; æppel ranks first.
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apple — apple
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular æppel genitive singular æppla, æpples dative singular æppla, æpple accusative singular æppel nominative plural æppla, æpplas genitive plural æppla, æpplena -
apple — apple tree
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular æppeltrēow genitive singular æppeltrēowes dative singular æppeltrēowe accusative singular æppeltrēow nominative plural æppeltrēowu genitive plural æppeltrēowa -
apple — apple tree
- opens the headword's definition
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apple — apple tree
- opens the headword's definition
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apple — an "apple house" or place for fruit
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular æppelhūs genitive singular æppelhūses dative singular æppelhūse accusative singular æppelhūs nominative plural æppelhūs genitive plural æppelhūsa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “apple” 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 “apple”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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