Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bed
5 headwords match “bed”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bedd ranks first.
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bed — bed
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bedd genitive singular beddes dative singular bedde accusative singular bedd nominative plural bedd genitive plural bedda -
bed — bed
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nihtrest genitive singular nihtreste dative singular nihtreste accusative singular nihtreste nominative plural nihtresta, nihtreste genitive plural nihtresta -
bed — bed, resting place
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular strēowen genitive singular strēowenne dative singular strēowenne accusative singular strēowenne nominative plural strēowenna, strēowenne genitive plural strēowenna -
bed — alder bed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular alorbedd genitive singular alorbeddes dative singular alorbedde accusative singular alorbedd nominative plural alorbedd genitive plural alorbedda -
bed — straw used for or as a bed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bedstrēaw genitive singular bedstrēawes dative singular bedstrēawe accusative singular bedstrēaw nominative plural bedstrēaw genitive plural bedstrēawa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bed” 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 “bed”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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