Modern English → Old English
Old English word for barley
10 headwords match “barley”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; beow ranks first.
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barley — barley
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēow genitive singular bēowes dative singular bēowe accusative singular bēow nominative plural bēow genitive plural bēowa -
barley — barley
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bere genitive singular beres dative singular bere accusative singular bere nominative plural beras genitive plural bera -
barley — barley
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine beren strong nominative singular feminine beren strong nominative singular neuter beren strong accusative singular masculine berenne strong accusative singular feminine berene strong accusative singular neuter beren -
barley — barley-like
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine bærlīċ strong nominative singular feminine bærlīċ, bærlīċu, bærlīċo strong nominative singular neuter bærlīċ strong accusative singular masculine bærlīcne strong accusative singular feminine bærlīċe strong accusative singular neuter bærlīċ -
barley — Beow, an Anglo-Saxon god associated with barley and agriculture, equivalent to Old Norse B
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular Bēow genitive singular Bēowes dative singular Bēowe accusative singular Bēow -
barley — a place to store barley
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bearn genitive singular bearnes dative singular bearne accusative singular bearn nominative plural bearn genitive plural bearna -
barley — a storage place for barley or corn (grains); barn, granary
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bereærn genitive singular bereærnes dative singular bereærne accusative singular bereærn nominative plural bereærnu genitive plural bereærna -
barley — land used for growing barley
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular berland genitive singular berlandes dative singular berlande accusative singular berland nominative plural berland genitive plural berlanda -
barley — mote
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular eġl genitive singular eġle dative singular eġle accusative singular eġle nominative plural eġla, eġle genitive plural eġla -
barley — a village associated with or supplying barley or grain
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “barley” 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 “barley”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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