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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for rustle

3 headwords match “rustle”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hristlan ranks first.

  1. 1

    hristlan

    score 17

    verb · weak class 1 · 14 inflected forms

    rustle — to rustle

    • 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 hristle
    first-person singular past indicative hristlede
    second-person singular present indicative hristlest
    second-person singular past indicative hristledest
    third-person singular present indicative hristleþ
    third-person singular past indicative hristlede
  2. 2

    hryscan

    score 6

    verb · weak class 1 · 17 inflected forms

    rustle — to make a noise; make a creaking or whirring sound; rustle; hiss

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative hrȳsċe
    first-person singular past indicative hrȳsċte
    second-person singular present indicative hrȳsċest, hrȳsċst
    second-person singular past indicative hrȳsċtest
    third-person singular present indicative hrȳsċeþ, hrȳsċþ
    third-person singular past indicative hrȳsċte
  3. 3

    brastlian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    rustle — to brustle; rustle; crackle; make a noise; murmur

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative brastliġe
    first-person singular past indicative brastlode
    second-person singular present indicative brastlast
    second-person singular past indicative brastlodest
    third-person singular present indicative brastlaþ
    third-person singular past indicative brastlode

How this ranking works

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