Modern English → Old English
Old English word for horn
5 headwords match “horn”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; horn ranks first.
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horn — horn
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular horn genitive singular hornes dative singular horne accusative singular horn nominative plural hornas genitive plural horna -
horn — a wooden instrument, especially a horn or trumpet
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bīeme genitive singular bīeman dative singular bīeman accusative singular bīeman nominative plural bīeman genitive plural bīemena -
horn — hornen, made of horn
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hyrnen strong nominative singular feminine hyrnenu, hyrnnu, hyrneno, hyrnno strong nominative singular neuter hyrnen strong accusative singular masculine hyrnenne strong accusative singular feminine hyrnene, hyrnne strong accusative singular neuter hyrnen -
horn — the horn of a cow
- appears in the definition
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horn — equipped or fitted with horns; horn-bearing
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hornbǣre strong nominative singular feminine hornbǣru, hornbǣro strong nominative singular neuter hornbǣre strong accusative singular masculine hornbǣrne strong accusative singular feminine hornbǣre strong accusative singular neuter hornbǣre
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “horn” 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 “horn”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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