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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for cucumber

2 headwords match “cucumber”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; eorþæppel ranks first.

  1. 1

    eorþæppel

    score 15

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

    cucumber — Cucumber.

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eorþæppel
    genitive singular eorþæpples
    dative singular eorþæpple
    accusative singular eorþæppel
    nominative plural eorþæpplas
    genitive plural eorþæppla
  2. 2

    hwerhwette

    score 15

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

    cucumber — Cucumber.

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hwerhwette
    genitive singular hwerhwettan
    dative singular hwerhwettan
    accusative singular hwerhwettan
    nominative plural hwerhwettan
    genitive plural hwerhwettena

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cucumber” 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 “cucumber”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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