Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bird
5 headwords match “bird”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bridd ranks first.
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bird — chick (a young bird or fledgling, as opposed to an altricial chick or hatchling)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bridd genitive singular briddes dative singular bridde accusative singular bridd nominative plural briddas genitive plural bridda -
bird — bird
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fugol genitive singular fugles, fugoles dative singular fugle, fugole accusative singular fugol nominative plural fuglas, fugolas genitive plural fugla, fugola -
bird — bird of the woods
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wudufugol genitive singular wudufugles dative singular wudufugle accusative singular wudufugol nominative plural wudufuglas genitive plural wudufugla -
bird — fowler, bird catcher
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fuglere genitive singular fugleres dative singular fuglere accusative singular fuglere nominative plural fugleras genitive plural fuglera -
bird — male bird; cock
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular carlfugol genitive singular carlfugles dative singular carlfugle accusative singular carlfugol nominative plural carlfuglas genitive plural carlfugla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bird” 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 “bird”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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