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Old English word for rope

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

  1. 1

    rap

    score 24

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

    rope — rope

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rāp
    genitive singular rāpes
    dative singular rāpe
    accusative singular rāp
    nominative plural rāpas
    genitive plural rāpa
  2. 2

    sal

    score 15

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

    rope — rope, cord, rein

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sāl
    genitive singular sāles
    dative singular sāle
    accusative singular sāl
    nominative plural sālas
    genitive plural sāla
  3. 3

    ropp

    score 12

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

    rope — intestine

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ropp
    genitive singular roppes
    dative singular roppe
    accusative singular ropp
    nominative plural roppas
    genitive plural roppa
  4. 4

    sima

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    rope — cord, rope

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sīma
    genitive singular sīman
    dative singular sīman
    accusative singular sīman
    nominative plural sīman
    genitive plural sīmena
  5. 5

    streng

    score 11

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

    rope — string, rope, cord

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular strenġ
    genitive singular strenġes
    dative singular strenġe
    accusative singular strenġ
    nominative plural strenġas
    genitive plural strenġa

How this ranking works

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