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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for hat

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

  1. 1

    hætt

    score 24

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

    hat — hat

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hætt
    genitive singular hættes
    dative singular hætte
    accusative singular hætt
    nominative plural hættas
    genitive plural hætta
  2. 2

    cæppe

    score 15

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

    hat — hat

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cæppe
    genitive singular cæppan
    dative singular cæppan
    accusative singular cæppan
    nominative plural cæppan
    genitive plural cæppena
  3. 3

    hat

    score 12

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    hat — a promise

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine hāt
    strong nominative singular feminine hāt
    strong nominative singular neuter hāt
    strong accusative singular masculine hātne
    strong accusative singular feminine hāte
    strong accusative singular neuter hāt

How this ranking works

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