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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for bottle

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

  1. 1

    byt

    score 15

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

    bottle — bottle, flagon

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular byt
    genitive singular bytte
    dative singular bytte
    accusative singular bytte
    nominative plural bytta, bytte
    genitive plural bytta
  2. 2

    pinne

    score 15

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    bottle — bottle, flask

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular pinne
    genitive singular pinnan
    dative singular pinnan
    accusative singular pinnan
    nominative plural pinnan
    genitive plural pinnena
  3. 3

    botl

    score 12

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

    bottle — building

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular botl
    genitive singular botles
    dative singular botle
    accusative singular botl
    nominative plural botl
    genitive plural botla
  4. 4

    flasce

    score 11

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    bottle — flask, bottle

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular flasce
    genitive singular flascan
    dative singular flascan
    accusative singular flascan
    nominative plural flascan
    genitive plural flascena
  5. 5

    -eld

    score 10

    suffix, masculine / neuter · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    bottle — suffix forming nouns denoting process or action from verbs

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular -eld
    genitive singular -eldes
    dative singular -elde
    accusative singular -eld
    nominative plural -eldas, -eld
    genitive plural -elda

How this ranking works

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