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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for beach

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

  1. 1

    strand

    score 15

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    beach — beach

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular strand
    genitive singular strandes
    dative singular strande
    accusative singular strand
    nominative plural strand
    genitive plural stranda
  2. 2

    bæc

    score 12

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 12 inflected forms

    beach — stream; brook

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bæc
    genitive singular bæces
    dative singular bæce
    accusative singular bæc
    nominative plural bacu
    genitive plural baca
  3. 3

    sand

    score 8

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 5 inflected forms

    beach — sand, gravel

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sand
    genitive singular sande
    dative singular sande
    accusative singular sande
    nominative plural sanda, sande
    genitive plural sanda
  4. 4

    beorg

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    beach — mountain, hill

    • 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

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “beach” 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.

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