Modern English → Old English
Old English word for eyebrow
4 headwords match “eyebrow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; oferbru ranks first.
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eyebrow — eyebrow
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular oferbrū genitive singular oferbrūwe dative singular oferbrūwe accusative singular oferbrūwe nominative plural oferbrūwa, oferbrūwe genitive plural oferbrūwa -
eyebrow — eyelid
- listed as an English descendant
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eyebrow — an eyelash
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brū genitive singular brūwe dative singular brūwe accusative singular brūwe nominative plural brūwe, brūwa genitive plural brūwa, brūna -
eyebrow — the socket of the eye
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēaghring genitive singular ēaghringes dative singular ēaghringe accusative singular ēaghring nominative plural ēaghringas genitive plural ēaghringa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “eyebrow” 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 “eyebrow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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