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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for garment

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

  1. 1

    scrud

    score 15

    noun, neuter · 5 inflected forms

    garment — garment

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċrūd
    genitive singular sċrūdes
    dative singular sċrȳd
    accusative singular sċrūd
    nominative plural sċrūd
    genitive plural sċrūda
  2. 2

    wæd

    score 13

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 10 inflected forms

    garment — garment, item of clothing

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wæd
    genitive singular wædes
    dative singular wæde
    accusative singular wæd
    nominative plural wadu
    genitive plural wada
  3. 3

    hrægl

    score 13

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    garment — garment, piece of clothing

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hræġl
    genitive singular hræġles
    dative singular hræġle
    accusative singular hræġl
    nominative plural hræġl
    genitive plural hræġla
  4. 4

    pad

    score 9

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

    garment — an outer garment, coat, cloak

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular pād
    genitive singular pāde
    dative singular pāde
    accusative singular pāde
    nominative plural pāda, pāde
    genitive plural pāda
  5. 5

    loþa

    score 9

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    garment — an upper garment; mantle; cloak

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular loþa
    genitive singular loþan
    dative singular loþan
    accusative singular loþan
    nominative plural loþan
    genitive plural loþena

How this ranking works

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