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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for row

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

  1. 1

    ræw

    score 24

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

    row — row, line

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rǣw
    genitive singular rǣwe
    dative singular rǣwe
    accusative singular rǣwe
    nominative plural rǣwa, rǣwe
    genitive plural rǣwa
  2. 2

    rowan

    score 15

    verb · strong class VII · 15 inflected forms

    row — to row (with oars etc.)

    • 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 rōwe
    first-person singular past indicative rēow
    second-person singular present indicative rōwest
    second-person singular past indicative rēowe
    third-person singular present indicative rōweþ
    third-person singular past indicative rēow
  3. 3

    endebyrdnes

    score 9

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

    row — a row, series, rank, grade, or degree of things, based on shared traits, level, or status

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular endebyrdnes
    genitive singular endebyrdnesse
    dative singular endebyrdnesse
    accusative singular endebyrdnesse
    nominative plural endebyrdnessa, endebyrdnesse
    genitive plural endebyrdnessa
  4. 4

    line

    score 8

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

    row — line

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular līne
    genitive singular līnan
    dative singular līnan
    accusative singular līnan
    nominative plural līnan
    genitive plural līnena

How this ranking works

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