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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for blooming

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

  1. 1

    blostmbære

    score 15

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    blooming — blooming, blossoming

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine blōstmbǣre
    strong nominative singular feminine blōstmbǣru, blōstmbǣro
    strong nominative singular neuter blōstmbǣre
    strong accusative singular masculine blōstmbǣrne
    strong accusative singular feminine blōstmbǣre
    strong accusative singular neuter blōstmbǣre
  2. 2

    blostm

    score 9

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

    blooming — blossom, bloom; blooming, flowering

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular blōstm
    genitive singular blōstmes, blōstme
    dative singular blōstme
    accusative singular blōstm, blōstme
    nominative plural blōstmas, blōstma, blōstme
    genitive plural blōstma
  3. 3

    blostma

    score 8

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    blooming — flower, blossom

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular blōstma
    genitive singular blōstman
    dative singular blōstman
    accusative singular blōstman
    nominative plural blōstman
    genitive plural blōstmena

How this ranking works

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