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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for kettle

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

  1. 1

    cietel

    score 24

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

    kettle — kettle, cauldron

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċietel
    genitive singular ċieteles
    dative singular ċietele
    accusative singular ċietel
    nominative plural ċietelas
    genitive plural ċietela
  2. 2

    crochwer

    score 15

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

    kettle — kettle

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular crochwer
    genitive singular crochweres
    dative singular crochwere
    accusative singular crochwer
    nominative plural crochweras
    genitive plural crochwera
  3. 3

    hwer

    score 13

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

    kettle — kettle, pot, basin, cooking vessel

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hwer
    genitive singular hweres
    dative singular hwere
    accusative singular hwer
    nominative plural hweras
    genitive plural hwera

How this ranking works

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