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Old English word for oar

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

  1. 1

    ar

    score 24

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

    oar — oar

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ār
    genitive singular āres
    dative singular āre
    accusative singular ār
    nominative plural āras
    genitive plural āra
  2. 2

    roþor

    score 15

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

    oar — oar

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rōþor
    genitive singular rōþres
    dative singular rōþre
    accusative singular rōþor
    nominative plural rōþor
    genitive plural rōþra
  3. 3

    aryþ

    score 9

    noun, feminine · strong i-stem · 4 inflected forms

    oar — wave from an oar

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ārȳþ
    genitive singular ārȳþe
    dative singular ārȳþe
    accusative singular ārȳþ, ārȳþe
    nominative plural ārȳþe, ārȳþa
    genitive plural ārȳþa
  4. 4

    sciproþor

    score 9

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

    oar — rudder, oar (of a ship)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċiprōþor
    genitive singular sċiprōþres
    dative singular sċiprōþre
    accusative singular sċiprōþor
    nominative plural sċiprōþor
    genitive plural sċiprōþra
  5. 5

    blæd

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 12 inflected forms

    oar — leaf

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular blǣd
    genitive singular blǣdes
    dative singular blǣde
    accusative singular blǣd
    nominative plural blǣdas
    genitive plural blǣda

How this ranking works

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