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Old English word for rampart

4 headwords match “rampart”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; burgræced ranks first.

  1. 1

    burgræced

    score 9

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

    rampart — a city-dwelling (i.e. a house surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth)

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular burgræċed
    genitive singular burgræċedes
    dative singular burgræċede
    accusative singular burgræċed
    nominative plural burgræċedas, burgræċed
    genitive plural burgræċeda
  2. 2

    eorþweall

    score 9

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

    rampart — a rampart, wall, or mound made of earth

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eorþweall
    genitive singular eorþwealles
    dative singular eorþwealle
    accusative singular eorþweall
    nominative plural eorþweallas
    genitive plural eorþwealla
  3. 3

    foreweall

    score 9

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

    rampart — a rampart or bulwark

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular foreweall
    genitive singular forewealles
    dative singular forewealle
    accusative singular foreweall
    nominative plural foreweallas
    genitive plural forewealla
  4. 4

    stanweall

    score 9

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

    rampart — stonewall, stone wall, rampart

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    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular stānweall
    genitive singular stānwealles
    dative singular stānwealle
    accusative singular stānweall
    nominative plural stānweallas
    genitive plural stānwealla

How this ranking works

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