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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for malt

2 headwords match “malt”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 2 strongest follow; mealt ranks first.

  1. 1

    mealt

    score 24

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    malt — malt

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mealt
    genitive singular mealtes
    dative singular mealte
    accusative singular mealt
    nominative plural mealt
    genitive plural mealta
  2. 2

    grut

    score 15

    noun, feminine · 2 inflected forms

    malt — malt mash

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular grūt
    genitive singular grūt
    dative singular grȳt, grūt
    accusative singular grūt

How this ranking works

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