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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for ermine

2 headwords match “ermine”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 2 strongest follow; hearma ranks first.

  1. 1

    hearma

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    ermine — ermine

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hearma
    genitive singular hearman
    dative singular hearman
    accusative singular hearman
    nominative plural hearman
    genitive plural hearmena
  2. 2

    hearmascinnen

    score 15

    adjective · 19 inflected forms

    ermine — ermine

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine hearmasċinnen
    strong nominative singular feminine hearmasċinnenu, hearmasċinnu, hearmasċinneno, hearmasċinno
    strong nominative singular neuter hearmasċinnen
    strong accusative singular masculine hearmasċinnenne
    strong accusative singular feminine hearmasċinnene, hearmasċinne
    strong accusative singular neuter hearmasċinnen

How this ranking works

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