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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for belly

5 headwords match “belly”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bielg ranks first.

  1. 1

    bielg

    score 17

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

    belly — bag

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bielġ
    genitive singular bielġes
    dative singular bielġe
    accusative singular bielġ
    nominative plural bielġas
    genitive plural bielġa
  2. 2

    buc

    score 15

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

    belly — belly, stomach

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular būc
    genitive singular būces
    dative singular būce
    accusative singular būc
    nominative plural būcas
    genitive plural būca
  3. 3

    wamb

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    belly — belly, stomach

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wamb
    genitive singular wambe
    dative singular wambe
    accusative singular wambe
    nominative plural wamba, wambe
    genitive plural wamba
  4. 4

    cwiþ

    score 8

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

    belly — womb, uterus

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cwiþ
    genitive singular cwiþes
    dative singular cwiþe
    accusative singular cwiþ
    nominative plural cwiþas
    genitive plural cwiþa
  5. 5

    hrif

    score 8

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

    belly — womb

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrif
    genitive singular hrifes
    dative singular hrife
    accusative singular hrif
    nominative plural hrifu
    genitive plural hrifa

How this ranking works

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