Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bull
5 headwords match “bull”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bula ranks first.
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bull — bull
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bula genitive singular bulan dative singular bulan accusative singular bulan nominative plural bulan genitive plural bulena -
bull — bull
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fearr genitive singular fearres dative singular fearre accusative singular fearr nominative plural fearras genitive plural fearra -
bull — young bull
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stēor genitive singular stēore dative singular stēore accusative singular stēore nominative plural stēora, stēore genitive plural stēora -
bull — a young bull, bullock, bull-calf
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bulluc genitive singular bulluces dative singular bulluce accusative singular bulluc nominative plural bullucas genitive plural bulluca -
bull — cow; bull; ox; head of cattle (any bovine animal)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrīþer genitive singular hrīþeres dative singular hrīþere accusative singular hrīþer nominative plural hrīþeru genitive plural hrīþera
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bull” 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 “bull”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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