Modern English → Old English
Old English word for breath
10 headwords match “breath”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; oroþ ranks first.
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breath — breath, exhalation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular oroþ genitive singular oroþes dative singular oroþe accusative singular oroþ nominative plural oroþu genitive plural oroþa -
breath — breath
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēþung genitive singular ēþunge dative singular ēþunge accusative singular ēþunge nominative plural ēþunga, ēþunge genitive plural ēþunga -
breath — breath, blowing
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fnǣst genitive singular fnǣstes dative singular fnǣste accusative singular fnǣst nominative plural fnǣstas genitive plural fnǣsta -
breath — breath
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular orþung genitive singular orþunge dative singular orþunge accusative singular orþunge nominative plural orþunga, orþunge genitive plural orþunga -
breath — odour, smell, scent
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brǣþ genitive singular brǣþes dative singular brǣþe accusative singular brǣþ nominative plural brǣþas genitive plural brǣþa -
breath — breathing
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣþm genitive singular ǣþmes dative singular ǣþme accusative singular ǣþm nominative plural ǣþmas genitive plural ǣþma -
breath — blast, blowing
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular blǣd genitive singular blǣdes dative singular blǣde accusative singular blǣd nominative plural blǣdas genitive plural blǣda -
breath — spirit
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gāst genitive singular gāstes dative singular gāste accusative singular gāst nominative plural gāstas genitive plural gāsta -
breath — asthma, shortness of breath
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular angbrēost genitive singular angbrēostes dative singular angbrēoste accusative singular angbrēost -
breath — to pant, emit breath with effort
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative steneciġe first-person singular past indicative stenecode second-person singular present indicative stenecast second-person singular past indicative stenecodest third-person singular present indicative stenecaþ third-person singular past indicative stenecode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “breath” 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 “breath”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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