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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for bat

4 headwords match “bat”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; batt ranks first.

  1. 1

    batt

    score 21

    noun

    bat — bat

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    hreremus

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong consonant stem · 5 inflected forms

    bat — bat (flying mammal)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrēremūs
    genitive singular hrēremȳs, hrēremūse
    dative singular hrēremȳs
    accusative singular hrēremūs
    nominative plural hrēremȳs
    genitive plural hrēremūsa
  3. 3

    hreaþemus

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong consonant stem · 5 inflected forms

    bat — bat (flying mammal)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hreaþemūs
    genitive singular hreaþemȳs, hreaþemūse
    dative singular hreaþemȳs
    accusative singular hreaþemūs
    nominative plural hreaþemȳs
    genitive plural hreaþemūsa
  4. 4

    cwieldhræþe

    score 15

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

    bat — bat (flying mammal)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cwieldhræþe
    genitive singular cwieldhræþan
    dative singular cwieldhræþan
    accusative singular cwieldhræþan
    nominative plural cwieldhræþan
    genitive plural cwieldhræþena

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bat” 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 “bat”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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