Modern English → Old English
Old English word for barrow
5 headwords match “barrow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bearg ranks first.
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barrow — castrated boar, barrow
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bearg genitive singular bearges dative singular bearge accusative singular bearg nominative plural beargas genitive plural bearga -
barrow — a barrow or stretcher; bier
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bearwe genitive singular bearwan dative singular bearwan accusative singular bearwan nominative plural bearwan genitive plural bearwena -
barrow — mountain, hill
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular beorg genitive singular beorges dative singular beorge accusative singular beorg nominative plural beorgas genitive plural beorga -
barrow — mound, hill, barrow, cairn
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hlǣw genitive singular hlǣwes, hlǣwe dative singular hlǣwe accusative singular hlǣw, hlǣwe nominative plural hlǣwas, hlǣwa, hlǣwe genitive plural hlǣwa -
barrow — a mountain, hill, barrow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġebeorg genitive singular ġebeorges dative singular ġebeorge accusative singular ġebeorg nominative plural ġebeorgas genitive plural ġebeorga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “barrow” 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 “barrow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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