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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for jug

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

  1. 1

    ceac

    score 24

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

    jug — jug; pitcher

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċēac
    genitive singular ċēaces
    dative singular ċēace
    accusative singular ċēac
    nominative plural ċēacas
    genitive plural ċēaca
  2. 2

    crog

    score 9

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

    jug — a container or vessel (e.g. pot, jug, etc.)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular crōg
    genitive singular crōges
    dative singular crōge
    accusative singular crōg
    nominative plural crōgas
    genitive plural crōga
  3. 3

    amber

    score 9

    noun, masculine / feminine / neuter · ja-stem · 18 inflected forms

    jug — bucket, pitcher, pail, jug

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular amber, āmber
    genitive singular ambres, amberes, āmbres, āmberes
    dative singular ambre, āmbre
    accusative singular amber, āmber
    nominative plural ambras, amberas, āmbras, āmberas, ambru
    genitive plural ambra, āmbra
  4. 4

    crocc

    score 9

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

    jug — crock, pitcher, waterpot, flagon, a little jug or lentil-shaped vessel

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular crocc
    genitive singular crocces
    dative singular crocce
    accusative singular crocc
    nominative plural croccas
    genitive plural crocca
  5. 5

    cruse

    score 9

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

    jug — earthen pot, jug, pitcher

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular crūse
    genitive singular crūsan
    dative singular crūsan
    accusative singular crūsan
    nominative plural crūsan
    genitive plural crūsena

How this ranking works

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