Modern English → Old English
Old English word for brook
5 headwords match “brook”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; broc ranks first.
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brook — brook
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brōc genitive singular brōces dative singular brōce accusative singular brōc nominative plural brōcu genitive plural brōca -
brook — stream; brook
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bæc genitive singular bæces dative singular bæce accusative singular bæc nominative plural bacu genitive plural baca -
brook — a stream, brook, river, or other running water
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular burne genitive singular burnan dative singular burnan accusative singular burnan nominative plural burnan genitive plural burnena -
brook — to use
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative brūce first-person singular past indicative brēac second-person singular present indicative brȳcst second-person singular past indicative bruce third-person singular present indicative brȳcþ third-person singular past indicative brēac -
brook — Uncertain; apparently 'a brook that runs from salt works'.
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “brook” 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 “brook”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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