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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for ground

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

  1. 1

    grund

    score 24

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

    ground — ground

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular grund
    genitive singular grundes
    dative singular grunde
    accusative singular grund
    nominative plural grundas
    genitive plural grunda
  2. 2

    eorþe

    score 15

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    ground — ground

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eorþe
    genitive singular eorþan
    dative singular eorþan
    accusative singular eorþan
    nominative plural eorþan
    genitive plural eorþena
  3. 3

    bodan

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    ground — ground, foundation

    • opens the headword's definition
  4. 4

    flet

    score 11

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 9 inflected forms

    ground — the floor, ground

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular flet
    genitive singular fletes
    dative singular flete
    accusative singular flet
    nominative plural flet
    genitive plural fleta
  5. 5

    flett

    score 11

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

    ground — the floor, ground

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular flett
    genitive singular flettes
    dative singular flette
    accusative singular flett
    nominative plural flett
    genitive plural fletta

How this ranking works

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