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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for bowl

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

  1. 1

    bolla

    score 24

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    bowl — bowl

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bolla
    genitive singular bollan
    dative singular bollan
    accusative singular bollan
    nominative plural bollan
    genitive plural bollena
  2. 2

    bolle

    score 22

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

    bowl — bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bolle
    genitive singular bollan
    dative singular bollan
    accusative singular bollan
    nominative plural bollan
    genitive plural bollena
  3. 3

    læfel

    score 11

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

    bowl — cup, vessel, bowl

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular læfel
    genitive singular læfles
    dative singular læfle
    accusative singular læfel
    nominative plural læflas
    genitive plural læfla
  4. 4

    cumb

    score 9

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

    bowl — a vessel (e.g. cup, bowl, basin, etc.)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cumb
    genitive singular cumbes
    dative singular cumbe
    accusative singular cumb
    nominative plural cumbas
    genitive plural cumba
  5. 5

    hnæpp

    score 8

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

    bowl — cup

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hnæpp
    genitive singular hnæppes
    dative singular hnæppe
    accusative singular hnæpp
    nominative plural hnæppas
    genitive plural hnæppa

How this ranking works

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

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