Modern English → Old English
Old English word for break
5 headwords match “break”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; brecan ranks first.
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break — to break
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative brece first-person singular past indicative bræc second-person singular present indicative bricst second-person singular past indicative brǣce third-person singular present indicative bricþ third-person singular past indicative bræc -
break — to crush, break
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābrȳte first-person singular past indicative ābrȳtte second-person singular present indicative ābrȳtest, ābrȳtst second-person singular past indicative ābrȳttest third-person singular present indicative ābrȳteþ, ābrȳtt, ābrȳt third-person singular past indicative ābrȳtte -
break — to break,
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative brēate first-person singular past indicative brēot second-person singular present indicative brīetst second-person singular past indicative brēote third-person singular present indicative brīett, brīet third-person singular past indicative brēot -
break — to break, fracture
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative brotiġe first-person singular past indicative brotode second-person singular present indicative brotast second-person singular past indicative brotodest third-person singular present indicative brotaþ third-person singular past indicative brotode -
break — to break, crumble
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative brytte first-person singular past indicative brytte second-person singular present indicative brytst second-person singular past indicative bryttest third-person singular present indicative brytt, bryt third-person singular past indicative brytte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “break” 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 “break”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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