Modern English → Old English
Old English word for brittle
5 headwords match “brittle”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; brytel ranks first.
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brittle — easily broken, brittle
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brytel strong nominative singular feminine brytel strong nominative singular neuter brytel strong accusative singular masculine brytelne strong accusative singular feminine brytele strong accusative singular neuter brytel -
brittle — easily broken; fragile; brittle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine tȳdre strong nominative singular feminine tȳdru, tȳdro strong nominative singular neuter tȳdre strong accusative singular masculine tȳderne strong accusative singular feminine tȳdre strong accusative singular neuter tȳdre -
brittle — tending to break, easily broken, brittle, fragile
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brotul strong nominative singular feminine brotul strong nominative singular neuter brotul strong accusative singular masculine brotulne strong accusative singular feminine brotule strong accusative singular neuter brotul -
brittle — prone to or tending to break, brittle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brucol strong nominative singular feminine brucol strong nominative singular neuter brucol strong accusative singular masculine brucolne strong accusative singular feminine brucole strong accusative singular neuter brucol -
brittle — prone to or tending to break, brittle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine bryċel strong nominative singular feminine bryċel strong nominative singular neuter bryċel strong accusative singular masculine bryċelne strong accusative singular feminine bryċele strong accusative singular neuter bryċel
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “brittle” 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 “brittle”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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