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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for couch

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

  1. 1

    cwice

    score 19

    noun, feminine

    couch — couch grass

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    sealma

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    couch — couch

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sealma
    genitive singular sealman
    dative singular sealman
    accusative singular sealman
    nominative plural sealman
    genitive plural sealmena
  3. 3

    hobanca

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    couch — a couch

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hōbanca
    genitive singular hōbancan
    dative singular hōbancan
    accusative singular hōbancan
    nominative plural hōbancan
    genitive plural hōbancena
  4. 4

    ræst

    score 8

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    couch — rest

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ræst
    genitive singular ræste
    dative singular ræste
    accusative singular ræste
    nominative plural ræsta, ræste
    genitive plural ræsta
  5. 5

    hlinung

    score 8

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    couch — leaning, resting

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hlinung
    genitive singular hlinunge
    dative singular hlinunge
    accusative singular hlinunge
    nominative plural hlinunga, hlinunge
    genitive plural hlinunga

How this ranking works

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