Modern English → Old English
Old English word for beam
5 headwords match “beam”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beam ranks first.
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beam — tree
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēam genitive singular bēames dative singular bēame accusative singular bēam nominative plural bēamas genitive plural bēama -
beam — beam, rafter
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tinn genitive singular tinne dative singular tinne accusative singular tinne nominative plural tinna, tinne genitive plural tinna -
beam — log, beam; trunk
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċipp genitive singular ċippes dative singular ċippe accusative singular ċipp nominative plural ċippas genitive plural ċippa -
beam — plank, beam
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ræsn genitive singular ræsnes dative singular ræsne accusative singular ræsn nominative plural ræsn genitive plural ræsna -
beam — a beam
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þīxl genitive singular þīxle dative singular þīxle accusative singular þīxle nominative plural þīxla, þīxle genitive plural þīxla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “beam” 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 “beam”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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