Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bolt
5 headwords match “bolt”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bolt ranks first.
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bolt — bolt
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bolt genitive singular boltes dative singular bolte accusative singular bolt nominative plural boltas genitive plural bolta -
bolt — bolt, dart
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċyttel genitive singular sċytteles dative singular sċyttele accusative singular sċyttel nominative plural sċyttelas genitive plural sċyttela -
bolt — bar, bolt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular clūse genitive singular clūsan dative singular clūsan accusative singular clūsan nominative plural clūsan genitive plural clūsena -
bolt — bar; bolt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular grindel genitive singular grindles dative singular grindle accusative singular grindel nominative plural grindlas genitive plural grindla -
bolt — lock
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular loc genitive singular loces dative singular loce accusative singular loc nominative plural locu genitive plural loca
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bolt” 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 “bolt”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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