Modern English → Old English
Old English word for flax
5 headwords match “flax”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fleax ranks first.
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flax — linen, flax
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fleax genitive singular fleaxes dative singular fleaxe accusative singular fleax -
flax — hards of flax
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular heorde genitive singular heordan dative singular heordan accusative singular heordan nominative plural heordan genitive plural heordena -
flax — flaxen; of flax
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fleaxen strong nominative singular feminine fleaxenu, fleaxnu, fleaxeno, fleaxno strong nominative singular neuter fleaxen strong accusative singular masculine fleaxenne strong accusative singular feminine fleaxene, fleaxne strong accusative singular neuter fleaxen -
flax — land used for growing flax
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular līnland genitive singular līnlandes dative singular līnlande accusative singular līnland nominative plural līnland genitive plural līnlanda -
flax — linen, flax
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “flax” 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 “flax”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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