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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for breadth

3 headwords match “breadth”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bræde ranks first.

  1. 1

    bræde

    score 15

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

    breadth — breadth

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular brǣde
    genitive singular brǣdan
    dative singular brǣdan
    accusative singular brǣdan
    nominative plural brǣdan
    genitive plural brǣdena
  2. 2

    brædu

    score 11

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

    breadth — width, breadth

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular brǣdu
    genitive singular brǣdu, brǣde
    dative singular brǣdu, brǣde
    accusative singular brǣdu, brǣde
    nominative plural brǣdu, brǣde
    genitive plural brǣda
  3. 3

    bradnes

    score 8

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

    breadth — surface

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular brādnes
    genitive singular brādnesse
    dative singular brādnesse
    accusative singular brādnesse
    nominative plural brādnessa, brādnesse
    genitive plural brādnessa

How this ranking works

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