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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for aspen

3 headwords match “aspen”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; æspe ranks first.

  1. 1

    æspe

    score 20

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    aspen — an aspen

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular æspe
    genitive singular æspan
    dative singular æspan
    accusative singular æspan
    nominative plural æspan
    genitive plural æspena
  2. 2

    æspen

    score 12

    adjective

    aspen — aspen

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    cwictreow

    score 9

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

    aspen — a rowan, aspen, or poplar; quickbeam

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cwictrēow
    genitive singular cwictrēowes
    dative singular cwictrēowe
    accusative singular cwictrēow
    nominative plural cwictrēow
    genitive plural cwictrēowa

How this ranking works

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