eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for boastful

4 headwords match “boastful”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gielpword ranks first.

  1. 1

    gielpword

    score 15

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    boastful — boastful word

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġielpword
    genitive singular ġielpwordes
    dative singular ġielpworde
    accusative singular ġielpword
    nominative plural ġielpword
    genitive plural ġielpworda
  2. 2

    wlanc

    score 11

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    boastful — proud, boastful

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wlanc
    strong nominative singular feminine wlanc
    strong nominative singular neuter wlanc
    strong accusative singular masculine wlancne
    strong accusative singular feminine wlance
    strong accusative singular neuter wlanc
  3. 3

    gealpettung

    score 9

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

    boastful — noisy, boastful talking

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġealpettung
    genitive singular ġealpettunge
    dative singular ġealpettunge
    accusative singular ġealpettunge
    nominative plural ġealpettunga, ġealpettunge
    genitive plural ġealpettunga
  4. 4

    andeaw

    score 8

    adjective

    boastful — pretentious, boastful, arrogant

    • 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 “boastful” 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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