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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for rake

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

  1. 1

    racu

    score 24

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

    rake — rake

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular racu
    genitive singular race
    dative singular race
    accusative singular race
    nominative plural raca, race
    genitive plural raca
  2. 2

    egeþe

    score 15

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

    rake — rake, harrow

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eġeþe
    genitive singular eġeþan
    dative singular eġeþan
    accusative singular eġeþan
    nominative plural eġeþan
    genitive plural eġeþena
  3. 3

    raca

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    rake — rake

    • opens the headword's definition

How this ranking works

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