Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ball
5 headwords match “ball”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beall ranks first.
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ball — ball
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular beall genitive singular bealles dative singular bealle accusative singular beall nominative plural beallas genitive plural bealla -
ball — ball, sphere
- opens the headword's definition
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ball — sphere, ball; skein
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clīewen genitive singular clīewenes dative singular clīewene accusative singular clīewen nominative plural clīewenu genitive plural clīewena -
ball — a mass, lump, or ball (of metal)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clyne, clynu genitive singular clynes, clyne dative singular clyne accusative singular clyne nominative plural clynas, clyna, clyne, clynu genitive plural clyna -
ball — something round: a lump or ball
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular trinda genitive singular trindan dative singular trindan accusative singular trindan nominative plural trindan genitive plural trindena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ball” 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 “ball”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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