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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for buttocks

4 headwords match “buttocks”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; earsende ranks first.

  1. 1

    earsende

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    buttocks — buttocks, breech

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular earsende
    genitive singular earsendes
    dative singular earsende
    accusative singular earsende
    nominative plural earsendas
    genitive plural earsenda
  2. 2

    buttuc

    score 12

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

    buttocks — end

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular buttuc
    genitive singular buttuces
    dative singular buttuce
    accusative singular buttuc
    nominative plural buttucas
    genitive plural buttuca
  3. 3

    earsode

    score 9

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    buttocks — having an arse, buttocks, breech

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine earsode
    strong nominative singular feminine earsodu, earsodo
    strong nominative singular neuter earsode
    strong accusative singular masculine earsodne
    strong accusative singular feminine earsode
    strong accusative singular neuter earsode
  4. 4

    gupe

    score 8

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    buttocks — buttock, rump

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gupe
    genitive singular gupan
    dative singular gupan
    accusative singular gupan
    nominative plural gupan
    genitive plural gupena

How this ranking works

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