Modern English → Old English
Old English word for churn
3 headwords match “churn”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; ciern ranks first.
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churn — churn
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċiern genitive singular ċierne dative singular ċierne accusative singular ċierne nominative plural ċierna, ċierne genitive plural ċierna -
churn — to churn
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āþwere first-person singular past indicative āþwær second-person singular present indicative āþwirest, āþwirst second-person singular past indicative āþwǣre third-person singular present indicative āþwireþ, āþwirþ third-person singular past indicative āþwær -
churn — to churn; to stir, beat, or mix together
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeþwere first-person singular past indicative ġeþwær second-person singular present indicative ġeþwirest, ġeþwirst second-person singular past indicative ġeþwǣre third-person singular present indicative ġeþwireþ, ġeþwirþ third-person singular past indicative ġeþwær
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “churn” 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 “churn”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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