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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for plaster

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

  1. 1

    plaster

    score 21

    noun, neuter

    plaster — plaster

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

    cealc

    score 15

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

    plaster — plaster, mortar

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċealc
    genitive singular ċealces
    dative singular ċealce
    accusative singular ċealc
    nominative plural ċealcas
    genitive plural ċealca
  3. 3

    cliþa

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    plaster — plaster, salve, poultice

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular clīþa
    genitive singular clīþan
    dative singular clīþan
    accusative singular clīþan
    nominative plural clīþan
    genitive plural clīþena
  4. 4

    flacg

    score 6

    noun

    plaster — a plaster, poultice, cataplasm

    • appears in the definition
  5. 5

    beclemman

    score 3

    verb · weak class 1 · 14 inflected forms

    plaster — to fetter, bind, tie

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative beclemme
    first-person singular past indicative beclemede
    second-person singular present indicative beclemest
    second-person singular past indicative beclemedest
    third-person singular present indicative beclemeþ
    third-person singular past indicative beclemede

How this ranking works

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