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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for ember

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

  1. 1

    æmyrge

    score 24

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

    ember — ember

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

    ymbren

    score 13

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

    ember — ember (making a circuit of the year or the seasons)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ymbren
    genitive singular ymbrenes
    dative singular ymbrene
    accusative singular ymbren
    nominative plural ymbrenu
    genitive plural ymbrena
  3. 3

    ymbrendæg

    score 13

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

    ember — Ember day

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ymbrendæġ
    genitive singular ymbrendæġes
    dative singular ymbrendæġe
    accusative singular ymbrendæġ
    nominative plural ymbrendagas
    genitive plural ymbrendaga
  4. 4

    gled

    score 9

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

    ember — burning or live coal, gleed, ember, fire, flame, spark

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular glēd
    genitive singular glēde
    dative singular glēde
    accusative singular glēd, glēde
    nominative plural glēde, glēda
    genitive plural glēda
  5. 5

    ysle

    score 9

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

    ember — a spark, cinder, ash, ember

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ysle
    genitive singular yslan
    dative singular yslan
    accusative singular yslan
    nominative plural yslan
    genitive plural yslena

How this ranking works

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