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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for palm

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

  1. 1

    palm

    score 19

    noun, masculine / feminine

    palm — palm tree

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    handbred

    score 13

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

    palm — palm (of the hand)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular handbred
    genitive singular handbredes
    dative singular handbrede
    accusative singular handbred
    nominative plural handbredu
    genitive plural handbreda
  3. 3

    Palmsunnandæg

    score 13

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    palm — Palm Sunday

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Palmsunnandæġ
    genitive singular Palmsunnandæġes
    dative singular Palmsunnandæġe
    accusative singular Palmsunnandæġ
  4. 4

    folm

    score 11

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

    palm — (poetic) hand, palm

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular folm
    genitive singular folme
    dative singular folme
    accusative singular folme
    nominative plural folma, folme
    genitive plural folma
  5. 5

    lof

    score 9

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

    palm — the palm of the hand

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular lof
    genitive singular lofes
    dative singular lofe
    accusative singular lof
    nominative plural lofu
    genitive plural lofa

How this ranking works

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