Modern English → Old English
Old English word for marshy
5 headwords match “marshy”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; merscig ranks first.
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marshy — marshy
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine mersċiġ strong nominative singular feminine mersċiġu, mersċġu, mersċiġo, mersċġo strong nominative singular neuter mersċiġ strong accusative singular masculine mersċiġne strong accusative singular feminine mersċiġe, mersċġe strong accusative singular neuter mersċiġ -
marshy — marshy land (overgrown with brushwood)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular strōd genitive singular strōdes dative singular strōde accusative singular strōd nominative plural strōd genitive plural strōda -
marshy — soft marshy ground
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwabbe genitive singular cwabban dative singular cwabban accusative singular cwabban nominative plural cwabban genitive plural cwabbena -
marshy — fenland, marshy land
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fenland genitive singular fenlandes dative singular fenlande accusative singular fenland nominative plural fenland genitive plural fenlanda -
marshy — fenlike, fenny
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fenlīċ strong nominative singular feminine fenlīċ, fenlīċu, fenlīċo strong nominative singular neuter fenlīċ strong accusative singular masculine fenlīcne strong accusative singular feminine fenlīċe strong accusative singular neuter fenlīċ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “marshy” 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 “marshy”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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