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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for corner

5 headwords match “corner”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hyrne ranks first.

  1. 1

    hyrne

    score 15

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

    corner — corner

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hyrne
    genitive singular hyrnan
    dative singular hyrnan
    accusative singular hyrnan
    nominative plural hyrnan
    genitive plural hyrnena
  2. 2

    sceat

    score 15

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

    corner — corner, angle, projection

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċēat
    genitive singular sċēates
    dative singular sċēate
    accusative singular sċēat
    nominative plural sċēatas
    genitive plural sċēata
  3. 3

    gebyht

    score 15

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

    corner — corner

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġebyht
    genitive singular ġebyhtes
    dative singular ġebyhte
    accusative singular ġebyht
    nominative plural ġebyhtas
    genitive plural ġebyhta
  4. 4

    byht

    score 11

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

    corner — curve, bend; corner

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular byht
    genitive singular byhtes
    dative singular byhte
    accusative singular byht
    nominative plural byhtas
    genitive plural byhta
  5. 5

    hwamm

    score 11

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

    corner — angle, corner

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hwamm
    genitive singular hwammes
    dative singular hwamme
    accusative singular hwamm
    nominative plural hwammas
    genitive plural hwamma

How this ranking works

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

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