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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for cudgel

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

  1. 1

    cycgel

    score 22

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

    cudgel — cudgel, a strong stick

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cyċġel
    genitive singular cyċġeles
    dative singular cyċġele
    accusative singular cyċġel
    nominative plural cyċġelas
    genitive plural cyċġela
  2. 2

    sagol

    score 11

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

    cudgel — club, cudgel

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sāgol
    genitive singular sāgles
    dative singular sāgle
    accusative singular sāgol
    nominative plural sāglas
    genitive plural sāgla
  3. 3

    treow

    score 8

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

    cudgel — tree

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular trēow
    genitive singular trēowes
    dative singular trēowe
    accusative singular trēow
    nominative plural trēowu
    genitive plural trēowa
  4. 4

    batt

    score 5

    noun

    cudgel — bat

How this ranking works

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