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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for daisy

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

  1. 1

    dæges eage

    score 24

    noun, neuter · weak · 4 inflected forms

    daisy — daisy

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dæġes ēage
    genitive singular dæġes ēagan
    dative singular dæġes ēagan
    accusative singular dæġes ēage
    nominative plural dæġes ēagan
    genitive plural dæġes ēagena
  2. 2

    banwyrt

    score 9

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 4 inflected forms

    daisy — A plant used to mend bone fractures (particularly pansy, daisy or comfrey).

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bānwyrt
    genitive singular bānwyrte
    dative singular bānwyrte
    accusative singular bānwyrt, bānwyrte
    nominative plural bānwyrte, bānwyrta
    genitive plural bānwyrta

How this ranking works

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