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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for rock

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

  1. 1

    rocc

    score 24

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

    rock — rock

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rocc
    genitive singular rocces
    dative singular rocce
    accusative singular rocc
    nominative plural roccas
    genitive plural rocca
  2. 2

    roccian

    score 17

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    rock — to rock

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative rocciġe
    first-person singular past indicative roccode
    second-person singular present indicative roccast
    second-person singular past indicative roccodest
    third-person singular present indicative roccaþ
    third-person singular past indicative roccode
  3. 3

    sealtstan

    score 13

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

    rock — rock salt

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sealtstān
    genitive singular sealtstānes
    dative singular sealtstāne
    accusative singular sealtstān
    nominative plural sealtstānas
    genitive plural sealtstāna
  4. 4

    clifstan

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    rock — rock

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    carr

    score 11

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

    rock — stone, rock

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular carr
    genitive singular carres
    dative singular carre
    accusative singular carr
    nominative plural carras
    genitive plural carra

How this ranking works

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