Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ear
5 headwords match “ear”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ear ranks first.
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ear — ear (of grain)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēar genitive singular ēares dative singular ēare accusative singular ēar nominative plural ēaras genitive plural ēara -
ear — ear (organ of hearing)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēare genitive singular ēaran dative singular ēaran accusative singular ēare nominative plural ēaran genitive plural ēarena -
ear — ear (projecting back of an axe)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular īere genitive singular īeres dative singular īere accusative singular īere nominative plural īeru genitive plural īera -
ear — ear lobe
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēarlæppa genitive singular ēarlæppan dative singular ēarlæppan accusative singular ēarlæppan nominative plural ēarlæppan genitive plural ēarlæppena -
ear — to plough
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative erie first-person singular past indicative erede second-person singular present indicative erest, erast second-person singular past indicative eredest third-person singular present indicative ereþ, eraþ third-person singular past indicative erede
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ear” 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 “ear”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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