Modern English → Old English
Old English word for barn
3 headwords match “barn”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bereærn ranks first.
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barn — a storage place for barley or corn (grains); barn, granary
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- 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 -
barn — child
- listed as an English descendant
- 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 -
barn — cow barn for calves
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċealfra hūs genitive singular ċealfra hūses dative singular ċealfra hūse accusative singular ċealfra hūs nominative plural ċealfra hūs genitive plural ċealfra hūsa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “barn” 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 “barn”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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