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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for door

5 headwords match “door”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; duru ranks first.

  1. 1

    duru

    score 24

    noun, feminine · strong u-stem · 3 inflected forms

    door — door

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

    dor

    score 18

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

    door — a large door, a gate

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dor
    genitive singular dores
    dative singular dore
    accusative singular dor
    nominative plural doru
    genitive plural dora
  3. 3

    hyrd

    score 11

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

    door — framework; door

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hyrd
    genitive singular hyrde
    dative singular hyrde
    accusative singular hyrd, hyrde
    nominative plural hyrde, hyrda
    genitive plural hyrda
  4. 4

    heorra

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    door — hinge, door hinge

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular heorra
    genitive singular heorran
    dative singular heorran
    accusative singular heorran
    nominative plural heorran
    genitive plural heorrena
  5. 5

    hæc

    score 9

    noun, masculine / feminine · strong ō-stem · 6 inflected forms

    door — a hatch (door)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hæċ
    genitive singular hæċċe, hæċċes
    dative singular hæċċe
    accusative singular hæċċe, hæċ
    nominative plural hæċċa, hæċċe, hæċċas
    genitive plural hæċċa

How this ranking works

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