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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for border

5 headwords match “border”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gemære ranks first.

  1. 1

    gemære

    score 15

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

    border — border, boundary

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġemǣre
    genitive singular ġemǣres
    dative singular ġemǣre
    accusative singular ġemǣre
    nominative plural ġemǣru
    genitive plural ġemǣra
  2. 2

    landgemære

    score 15

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

    border — border, boundary

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular landġemǣre
    genitive singular landġemǣres
    dative singular landġemǣre
    accusative singular landġemǣre
    nominative plural landġemǣru
    genitive plural landġemǣra
  3. 3

    ofer

    score 13

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

    border — border, edge; specifically, shore, riverbank

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ōfer
    genitive singular ōfres
    dative singular ōfre
    accusative singular ōfer
    nominative plural ōfras
    genitive plural ōfra
  4. 4

    mære

    score 11

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    border — boundary, border

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine mǣre
    strong nominative singular feminine mǣru, mǣro
    strong nominative singular neuter mǣre
    strong accusative singular masculine mǣrne
    strong accusative singular feminine mǣre
    strong accusative singular neuter mǣre
  5. 5

    rima

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    border — edge; rim; border

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rima
    genitive singular riman
    dative singular riman
    accusative singular riman
    nominative plural riman
    genitive plural rimena

How this ranking works

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