Modern English → Old English
Old English word for roof
5 headwords match “roof”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hrof ranks first.
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roof — roof
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrōf genitive singular hrōfes dative singular hrōfe accusative singular hrōf nominative plural hrōfas genitive plural hrōfa -
roof — roof
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þæc genitive singular þæces dative singular þæce accusative singular þæc nominative plural þacu genitive plural þaca -
roof — roof tile
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrōfstān genitive singular hrōfstānes dative singular hrōfstāne accusative singular hrōfstān nominative plural hrōfstānas genitive plural hrōfstāna -
roof — roof tile
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrōftiġel genitive singular hrōftiġle dative singular hrōftiġle accusative singular hrōftiġle nominative plural hrōftiġla, hrōftiġle genitive plural hrōftiġla -
roof — roof tile, imbrex
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tiġelstān genitive singular tiġelstānes dative singular tiġelstāne accusative singular tiġelstān nominative plural tiġelstānas genitive plural tiġelstāna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “roof” 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?
The match may be a different sense of “roof”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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