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Old English word for rush

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

  1. 1

    rysce

    score 20

    noun, masculine / feminine · weak n-stem · 5 inflected forms

    rush — a rush

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rysċe, rysċa
    genitive singular rysċan
    dative singular rysċan
    accusative singular rysċan
    nominative plural rysċan
    genitive plural rysċena
  2. 2

    læfer

    score 12

    noun, feminine

    rush — rush (plant)

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    efest

    score 11

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

    rush — hurry, rush

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular efest
    genitive singular efeste
    dative singular efeste
    accusative singular efest, efeste
    nominative plural efeste, efesta
    genitive plural efesta
  4. 4

    gæhþu

    score 11

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

    rush — hurriedness, rush, haste

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gǣhþu
    genitive singular gǣhþe
    dative singular gǣhþe
    accusative singular gǣhþe
    nominative plural gǣhþa, gǣhþe
    genitive plural gǣhþa
  5. 5

    ræs

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 9 inflected forms

    rush — run

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rǣs
    genitive singular rǣses
    dative singular rǣse
    accusative singular rǣs
    nominative plural rǣsas
    genitive plural rǣsa

How this ranking works

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