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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for fishhook

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

  1. 1

    angol

    score 15

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

    fishhook — fishhook

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular angol
    genitive singular angles
    dative singular angle
    accusative singular angol
    nominative plural anglas
    genitive plural angla
  2. 2

    anglian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    fishhook — to hook (use a fishhook)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative angliġe
    first-person singular past indicative anglode
    second-person singular present indicative anglast
    second-person singular past indicative anglodest
    third-person singular present indicative anglaþ
    third-person singular past indicative anglode

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “fishhook” 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 “fishhook”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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