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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for grasshopper

3 headwords match “grasshopper”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; græshoppa ranks first.

  1. 1

    græshoppa

    score 24

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    grasshopper — grasshopper, locust

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular græshoppa
    genitive singular græshoppan
    dative singular græshoppan
    accusative singular græshoppan
    nominative plural græshoppan
    genitive plural græshoppena
  2. 2

    græsstapa

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    grasshopper — grasshopper, locust

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular græsstapa
    genitive singular græsstapan
    dative singular græsstapan
    accusative singular græsstapan
    nominative plural græsstapan
    genitive plural græsstapena
  3. 3

    stapa

    score 8

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    grasshopper — stepper

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular stapa
    genitive singular stapan
    dative singular stapan
    accusative singular stapan
    nominative plural stapan
    genitive plural stapena

How this ranking works

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