Modern English → Old English
Old English word for book
5 headwords match “book”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; boc ranks first.
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book — book
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōc genitive singular bēċ, bōce dative singular bēċ accusative singular bōc nominative plural bēċ genitive plural bōca -
book — book of maxims
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwidbōc genitive singular cwidbēċ, cwidbōce dative singular cwidbēċ accusative singular cwidbōc nominative plural cwidbēċ genitive plural cwidbōca -
book — book of numerals
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġerīmbōc genitive singular ġerīmbēċ, ġerīmbōce dative singular ġerīmbēċ accusative singular ġerīmbōc nominative plural ġerīmbēċ genitive plural ġerīmbōca -
book — book of parables
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bīspelbōc genitive singular bīspellbēċ, bīspelbōce dative singular bīspellbēċ accusative singular bīspelbōc nominative plural bīspellbēċ genitive plural bīspelbōca -
book — book of laws, lawbook
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dōmbōc genitive singular dōmbēċ, dōmbōce dative singular dōmbēċ accusative singular dōmbōc nominative plural dōmbēċ genitive plural dōmbōca
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “book” 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 “book”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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