Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cow
10 headwords match “cow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; cu ranks first.
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cow — cow
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cū genitive singular cūe, cūs, cȳ dative singular cȳ accusative singular cū nominative plural cȳ genitive plural cūa, cūna -
cow — cow urine, gomutra
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cūmiċġe genitive singular cūmiċġan dative singular cūmiċġan accusative singular cūmiċġan nominative plural cūmiċġan genitive plural cūmiċġena -
cow — cow urine
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cūmigoþa genitive singular cūmigoþan dative singular cūmigoþan accusative singular cūmigoþan nominative plural cūmigoþan genitive plural cūmigoþena -
cow — cow; bull; ox; head of cattle (any bovine animal)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrīþer genitive singular hrīþeres dative singular hrīþere accusative singular hrīþer nominative plural hrīþeru genitive plural hrīþera -
cow — cow barn for calves
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċealfra hūs genitive singular ċealfra hūses dative singular ċealfra hūse accusative singular ċealfra hūs nominative plural ċealfra hūs genitive plural ċealfra hūsa -
cow — calf (young cow)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċealf genitive singular ċealfes dative singular ċealfe accusative singular ċealf nominative plural ċealfru genitive plural ċealfra -
cow — fresh from the cow (of milk)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine cūwearm strong nominative singular feminine cūwearm strong nominative singular neuter cūwearm strong accusative singular masculine cūwearmne strong accusative singular feminine cūwearme strong accusative singular neuter cūwearm -
cow — animal, beast
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nēat genitive singular nēates dative singular nēate accusative singular nēat nominative plural nēat genitive plural nēata -
cow — the horn of a cow
- appears in the definition
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cow — a bull or cow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrīþ genitive singular hrīþe, hrīþes dative singular hrīþe accusative singular hrīþe, hrīþ nominative plural hrīþa, hrīþe, hrīþ genitive plural hrīþa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cow” 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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