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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for catnip

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

  1. 1

    nepte

    score 15

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

    catnip — catnip

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nepte
    genitive singular neptan
    dative singular neptan
    accusative singular neptan
    nominative plural neptan
    genitive plural neptena
  2. 2

    cattes minte

    score 15

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

    catnip — catnip

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cattes minte
    genitive singular cattes mintan
    dative singular cattes mintan
    accusative singular cattes mintan
    nominative plural cattes mintan
    genitive plural cattes mintena

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “catnip” 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 “catnip”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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