Modern English → Old English
Old English word for heap
5 headwords match “heap”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; heap ranks first.
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heap — group
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēap genitive singular hēapes dative singular hēape accusative singular hēap nominative plural hēapas genitive plural hēapa -
heap — pile, heap, stack
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cocc genitive singular cocces dative singular cocce accusative singular cocc nominative plural coccas genitive plural cocca -
heap — mountain, hill
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular beorg genitive singular beorges dative singular beorge accusative singular beorg nominative plural beorgas genitive plural beorga -
heap — to heap or pile up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bestyrie first-person singular past indicative bestyrede second-person singular present indicative bestyrest second-person singular past indicative bestyredest third-person singular present indicative bestyreþ third-person singular past indicative bestyrede -
heap — an instance of tossing or throwing
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “heap” 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?
The match may be a different sense of “heap”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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