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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for gravel

4 headwords match “gravel”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; ceosol ranks first.

  1. 1

    ceosol

    score 15

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

    gravel — gravel

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċeosol
    genitive singular ċeosoles
    dative singular ċeosole
    accusative singular ċeosol
    nominative plural ċeosolas
    genitive plural ċeosola
  2. 2

    ceosolstan

    score 15

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

    gravel — gravel

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċeoselstān
    genitive singular ċeoselstānes
    dative singular ċeoselstāne
    accusative singular ċeoselstān
    nominative plural ċeoselstānas
    genitive plural ċeoselstāna
  3. 3

    sand

    score 11

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 5 inflected forms

    gravel — sand, gravel

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sand
    genitive singular sande
    dative singular sande
    accusative singular sande
    nominative plural sanda, sande
    genitive plural sanda
  4. 4

    sandceosol

    score 11

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

    gravel — sand, gravel

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sandċeosol
    genitive singular sandċeosoles
    dative singular sandċeosole
    accusative singular sandċeosol
    nominative plural sandċeosolas
    genitive plural sandċeosola

How this ranking works

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