Modern English → Old English
Old English word for milk
5 headwords match “milk”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; meolc ranks first.
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milk — milk
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular meolc genitive singular meolce dative singular meolce accusative singular meolc, meolce nominative plural meolce, meolca genitive plural meolca -
milk — to milk
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative melce first-person singular past indicative mealc second-person singular present indicative milcst second-person singular past indicative mulce third-person singular present indicative milcþ third-person singular past indicative mealc -
milk — giving milk
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine melc strong nominative singular feminine melc strong nominative singular neuter melc strong accusative singular masculine melcne strong accusative singular feminine melce strong accusative singular neuter melc -
milk — a tool for beating or stirring (such as milk or dough)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine þwǣre strong nominative singular feminine þwǣru, þwǣro strong nominative singular neuter þwǣre strong accusative singular masculine þwǣrne strong accusative singular feminine þwǣre strong accusative singular neuter þwǣre -
milk — a stick for whipping milk, a whisk
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þwirel genitive singular þwirles dative singular þwirle accusative singular þwirel nominative plural þwirlas genitive plural þwirla
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “milk” 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 “milk”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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