Modern English → Old English
Old English word for crab
5 headwords match “crab”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; crabba ranks first.
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crab — crab
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular crabba genitive singular crabban dative singular crabban accusative singular crabban nominative plural crabban genitive plural crabbena -
crab — crab
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hæfern genitive singular hæfernes dative singular hæferne accusative singular hæfern nominative plural hæfernas genitive plural hæferna -
crab — crab apple
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular æppelþorn genitive singular æppelþornes dative singular æppelþorne accusative singular æppelþorn nominative plural æppelþornas genitive plural æppelþorna -
crab — cancer
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cancer genitive singular cancres dative singular cancre accusative singular cancer nominative plural cancras genitive plural cancra -
crab — a "water-crab," an aquatic crab?
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “crab” 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 “crab”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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