Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bosom
5 headwords match “bosom”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bosm ranks first.
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bosom — breast, bosom, chest
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōsm genitive singular bōsmes dative singular bōsme accusative singular bōsm nominative plural bōsmas genitive plural bōsma -
bosom — bosom, lap
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bearm genitive singular bearmes dative singular bearme accusative singular bearm nominative plural bearmas genitive plural bearma -
bosom — chest; bosom; torso
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hreþer genitive singular hreþres dative singular hreþre accusative singular hreþer nominative plural hreþras, hreþru genitive plural hreþra -
bosom — soul-enclosure, bosom, body
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ferhþloca genitive singular ferhþlocan dative singular ferhþlocan accusative singular ferhþlocan nominative plural ferhþlocan genitive plural ferhþlocena -
bosom — the outstretched arms; embrace, bosom
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fæþm genitive singular fæþmes dative singular fæþme accusative singular fæþm nominative plural fæþmas genitive plural fæþma
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bosom” 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 “bosom”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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