Modern English → Old English
Old English word for beer
5 headwords match “beer”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beor ranks first.
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beer — beer, ale
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēor genitive singular bēores dative singular bēore accusative singular bēor nominative plural bēoras genitive plural bēora -
beer — beer, ale
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealu genitive singular ealoþ dative singular ealoþ accusative singular ealu nominative plural ealoþ genitive plural ealoþa -
beer — one who serves beer
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēorsċealc genitive singular bēorsċealces dative singular bēorsċealce accusative singular bēorsċealc nominative plural bēorsċealcas genitive plural bēorsċealca -
beer — yeast, leaven
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular beorma genitive singular beorman dative singular beorman accusative singular beorman nominative plural beorman genitive plural beormena -
beer — place where beer is sold and consumed; pub, tavern, inn
- 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 “beer” 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 “beer”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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