Modern English → Old English
Old English word for box
9 headwords match “box”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; box ranks first.
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box — box
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular box genitive singular boxes dative singular boxe accusative singular box nominative plural boxas genitive plural boxa -
box — box, chest
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċist genitive singular ċiste dative singular ċiste accusative singular ċiste nominative plural ċista, ċiste genitive plural ċista -
box — box tree
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular boxtrēow genitive singular boxtrēowes dative singular boxtrēowe accusative singular boxtrēow nominative plural boxtrēowu genitive plural boxtrēowa -
box — chest; box
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hwiċċe genitive singular hwiċċan dative singular hwiċċan accusative singular hwiċċan nominative plural hwiċċan genitive plural hwiċċena -
box — box tree
- opens the headword's definition
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box — box tree
- opens the headword's definition
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box — container, vessel; especially a box, jar or cup
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fæt genitive singular fætes dative singular fæte accusative singular fæt nominative plural fatu genitive plural fata -
box — a smelling-box, perfume box
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewyrtbox genitive singular ġewyrtboxe dative singular ġewyrtboxe accusative singular ġewyrtboxe nominative plural ġewyrtboxa, ġewyrtboxe genitive plural ġewyrtboxa -
box — to beat
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bēate first-person singular past indicative bēot, beoft second-person singular present indicative bīetst second-person singular past indicative bēote, beofte third-person singular present indicative bīett, bīet third-person singular past indicative bēot, beoft
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “box” 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 “box”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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