Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bee
9 headwords match “bee”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; beo ranks first.
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bee — bee
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēo genitive singular bēon dative singular bēon accusative singular bēon nominative plural bēon genitive plural bēona -
bee — prayer, praying
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēn genitive singular bēne dative singular bēne accusative singular bēn, bēne nominative plural bēne, bēna genitive plural bēna -
bee — circular object worn on the body, especially one made of gold or silver: ring, armlet, cro
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēag genitive singular bēages dative singular bēage accusative singular bēag nominative plural bēagas genitive plural bēaga -
bee — male bee, drone
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular drān, dran genitive singular drāne, drane dative singular drāne, drane accusative singular drāne, drane nominative plural drāna, drāne, drana, drane genitive plural drāna, drana -
bee — queen bee
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēomōdor genitive singular bēomōdor, bēomēder dative singular bēomēder accusative singular bēomōdor nominative plural bēomōdra, bēomōdru genitive plural bēomōdra -
bee — swarm of bees
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēogang genitive singular bēoganges dative singular bēogange accusative singular bēogang nominative plural bēogangas genitive plural bēoganga -
bee — sweet flag, Acorus calamus, bee-plant
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēowyrt genitive singular bēowyrte dative singular bēowyrte accusative singular bēowyrt, bēowyrte nominative plural bēowyrte, bēowyrta genitive plural bēowyrta -
bee — the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvae; b
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēobrēad genitive singular bēobrēades dative singular bēobrēade accusative singular bēobrēad nominative plural bēobrēadru genitive plural bēobrēadra -
bee — swarm of bees
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bee” 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 “bee”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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