Modern English → Old English
Old English word for boy
5 headwords match “boy”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; boia ranks first.
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boy — younger brother
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōia genitive singular bōian dative singular bōian accusative singular bōian nominative plural bōian genitive plural bōiena -
boy — boy, son
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular magu genitive singular maga dative singular maga accusative singular magu nominative plural maga genitive plural maga -
boy — boy
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cniht genitive singular cnihtes dative singular cnihte accusative singular cniht nominative plural cneoht, cnihtas genitive plural cneoht, cnihta -
boy — boy
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeonga genitive singular ġeongan dative singular ġeongan accusative singular ġeongan nominative plural ġeongan genitive plural ġeongena -
boy — boy; lad; young man
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cnafa genitive singular cnafan dative singular cnafan accusative singular cnafan nominative plural cnafan genitive plural cnafena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “boy” 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 “boy”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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