Modern English → Old English
Old English word for broad
5 headwords match “broad”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; brad ranks first.
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broad — wide, broad
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brād strong nominative singular feminine brād strong nominative singular neuter brād strong accusative singular masculine brādne strong accusative singular feminine brāde strong accusative singular neuter brād -
broad — broad, open, spacious
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġēap strong nominative singular feminine ġēap strong nominative singular neuter ġēap strong accusative singular masculine ġēapne strong accusative singular feminine ġēape strong accusative singular neuter ġēap -
broad — wide, spacious, vast, great, large, broad
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sīd strong nominative singular feminine sīd strong nominative singular neuter sīd strong accusative singular masculine sīdne strong accusative singular feminine sīde strong accusative singular neuter sīd -
broad — spacious, broad, wide, vast
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wīdgil strong nominative singular feminine wīdgil strong nominative singular neuter wīdgil strong accusative singular masculine wīdgilne strong accusative singular feminine wīdgille strong accusative singular neuter wīdgil -
broad — bean (especially the broad bean)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēan genitive singular bēane dative singular bēane accusative singular bēane nominative plural bēana, bēane genitive plural bēana
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “broad” 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 “broad”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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