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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for cart

2 headwords match “cart”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 2 strongest follow; cræt ranks first.

  1. 1

    cræt

    score 24

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

    cart — cart, wagon

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cræt
    genitive singular crætes
    dative singular cræte
    accusative singular cræt
    nominative plural cratu
    genitive plural crata
  2. 2

    bearwe

    score 6

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

    cart — a barrow or stretcher; bier

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bearwe
    genitive singular bearwan
    dative singular bearwan
    accusative singular bearwan
    nominative plural bearwan
    genitive plural bearwena

How this ranking works

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