Modern English → Old English
Old English word for broken
5 headwords match “broken”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; brocen ranks first.
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broken — broken
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brocen strong nominative singular feminine brocen strong nominative singular neuter brocen strong accusative singular masculine brocenne strong accusative singular feminine brocene strong accusative singular neuter brocen -
broken — broken, rugged
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hamel strong nominative singular feminine hamel strong nominative singular neuter hamel strong accusative singular masculine hamelne strong accusative singular feminine hamele strong accusative singular neuter hamel -
broken — broken, fractured
- opens the headword's definition
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broken — notched, chipped, broken
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sċeard strong nominative singular feminine sċeard strong nominative singular neuter sċeard strong accusative singular masculine sċeardne strong accusative singular feminine sċearde strong accusative singular neuter sċeard -
broken — 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
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “broken” 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 “broken”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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