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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for grass

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

  1. 1

    græs

    score 24

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

    grass — grass

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular græs
    genitive singular græses
    dative singular græse
    accusative singular græs
    nominative plural grasu
    genitive plural grasa
  2. 2

    healm

    score 9

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

    grass — the stalk of a plant or grass

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular healm
    genitive singular healmes
    dative singular healme
    accusative singular healm
    nominative plural healm
    genitive plural healma
  3. 3

    beonot

    score 9

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

    grass — coarse grass, bent grass

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular beonot
    genitive singular beonotes
    dative singular beonote
    accusative singular beonot
    nominative plural beonotas
    genitive plural beonota
  4. 4

    brord

    score 8

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

    grass — point

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular brord
    genitive singular brordes
    dative singular brorde
    accusative singular brord
    nominative plural brordas
    genitive plural brorda
  5. 5

    hassoc

    score 8

    noun, masculine

    grass — coarse grass

    • 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 “grass” 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?

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