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Old English word for crumb

4 headwords match “crumb”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; cruma ranks first.

  1. 1

    cruma

    score 17

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    crumb — fragment

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cruma
    genitive singular cruman
    dative singular cruman
    accusative singular cruman
    nominative plural cruman
    genitive plural crumena
  2. 2

    bread

    score 9

    noun, neuter · strong z-stem · 6 inflected forms

    crumb — bit, piece, morsel, crumb

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular brēad
    genitive singular brēades
    dative singular brēade
    accusative singular brēad
    nominative plural brēadru
    genitive plural brēadra
  3. 3

    gecrymman

    score 9

    verb · weak class 1 · 15 inflected forms

    crumb — to crumble

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative gecrymme
    first-person singular past indicative gecrymede
    second-person singular present indicative gecrymest
    second-person singular past indicative gecrymedest
    third-person singular present indicative gecrymeþ
    third-person singular past indicative gecrymede
  4. 4

    crimman

    score 3

    verb · strong class III · 14 inflected forms

    crumb — to cram, stuff, insert

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative crimme
    first-person singular past indicative cramm
    second-person singular present indicative crimst
    second-person singular past indicative crumme
    third-person singular present indicative crimþ
    third-person singular past indicative cramm

How this ranking works

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