Modern English → Old English
Old English word for breeze
5 headwords match “breeze”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hwiþa ranks first.
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breeze — breeze
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hwiþa genitive singular hwiþan dative singular hwiþan accusative singular hwiþan nominative plural hwiþan genitive plural hwiþena -
breeze — breese (horsefly); gadfly
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brēosa genitive singular brēosan dative singular brēosan accusative singular brēosan nominative plural brēosan genitive plural brēosena -
breeze — blowing, blast, burst of wind, breeze
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular blǣst genitive singular blǣstes dative singular blǣste accusative singular blǣst nominative plural blǣstas genitive plural blǣsta -
breeze — weather
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weder genitive singular wedres dative singular wedre accusative singular weder nominative plural wedru genitive plural wedra -
breeze — coolness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cōlnes genitive singular cōlnesse dative singular cōlnesse accusative singular cōlnesse nominative plural cōlnessa, cōlnesse genitive plural cōlnessa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “breeze” 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 “breeze”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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