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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for plum

3 headwords match “plum”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; plume ranks first.

  1. 1

    plume

    score 24

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    plum — plum

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular plūme
    genitive singular plūman
    dative singular plūman
    accusative singular plūman
    nominative plural plūman
    genitive plural plūmena
  2. 2

    plumseaw

    score 15

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

    plum — plum juice

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular plumsēaw
    genitive singular plumsēawes
    dative singular plumsēawe
    accusative singular plumsēaw
    nominative plural plumsēaw
    genitive plural plumsēawa
  3. 3

    plumtreow

    score 13

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

    plum — plum tree

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular plūmtrēow
    genitive singular plūmtrēowes
    dative singular plūmtrēowe
    accusative singular plūmtrēow
    nominative plural plūmtrēowu
    genitive plural plūmtrēowa

How this ranking works

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