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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for builder

3 headwords match “builder”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bytla ranks first.

  1. 1

    bytla

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    builder — builder

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bytla
    genitive singular bytlan
    dative singular bytlan
    accusative singular bytlan
    nominative plural bytlan
    genitive plural bytlena
  2. 2

    timbrend

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong nd-stem · 6 inflected forms

    builder — builder

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular timbrend
    genitive singular timbrendes
    dative singular timbrende
    accusative singular timbrend
    nominative plural timbrend, timbrende, timbrendas
    genitive plural timbrendra
  3. 3

    weallwyrhta

    score 8

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    builder — wall-builder

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular weallwyrhta
    genitive singular weallwyrhtan
    dative singular weallwyrhtan
    accusative singular weallwyrhtan
    nominative plural weallwyrhtan
    genitive plural weallwyrhtena

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “builder” 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.

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