Modern English → Old English
Old English word for butt
5 headwords match “butt”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ears ranks first.
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butt — butt, arse
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ears genitive singular earses dative singular earse accusative singular ears nominative plural earsas genitive plural earsa -
butt — butt (piece of land)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bytt genitive singular bytte dative singular bytte accusative singular bytt, bytte nominative plural bytte, bytta genitive plural bytta -
butt — bottle, flagon
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular byt genitive singular bytte dative singular bytte accusative singular bytte nominative plural bytta, bytte genitive plural bytta -
butt — the end of an object, especially when thick; base
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular butt genitive singular buttes dative singular butte accusative singular butt nominative plural buttas genitive plural butta -
butt — underpants; see brēċ
- 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
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “butt” 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 “butt”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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