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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for bladder

3 headwords match “bladder”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; blædre ranks first.

  1. 1

    blædre

    score 15

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    bladder — bladder

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular blǣdre
    genitive singular blǣdran
    dative singular blǣdran
    accusative singular blǣdran
    nominative plural blǣdran
    genitive plural blǣdrena
  2. 2

    gealla

    score 9

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    bladder — gall bladder

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġealla
    genitive singular ġeallan
    dative singular ġeallan
    accusative singular ġeallan
    nominative plural ġeallan
    genitive plural ġeallena
  3. 3

    tyncen

    score 6

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

    bladder — a small barrel; cask

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tynċen
    genitive singular tynċenes
    dative singular tynċene
    accusative singular tynċen
    nominative plural tynċenu
    genitive plural tynċena

How this ranking works

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