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Old English word for branch

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

  1. 1

    owæstm

    score 15

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

    branch — branch

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ōwæstm
    genitive singular ōwæstmes
    dative singular ōwæstme
    accusative singular ōwæstm
    nominative plural ōwæstmas
    genitive plural ōwæstma
  2. 2

    bog

    score 13

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

    branch — branch or bough (of a tree)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bōg
    genitive singular bōges
    dative singular bōge
    accusative singular bōg
    nominative plural bōgas
    genitive plural bōga
  3. 3

    tan

    score 11

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

    branch — twig, branch

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tān
    genitive singular tānes
    dative singular tāne
    accusative singular tān
    nominative plural tānas
    genitive plural tāna
  4. 4

    bled

    score 11

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

    branch — a shoot, branch

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular blēd
    genitive singular blēde
    dative singular blēde
    accusative singular blēde
    nominative plural blēda, blēde
    genitive plural blēda
  5. 5

    hris

    score 11

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

    branch — twig; branch

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrīs
    genitive singular hrīses
    dative singular hrīse
    accusative singular hrīs
    nominative plural hrīs
    genitive plural hrīsa

How this ranking works

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