Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sand
5 headwords match “sand”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sand ranks first.
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sand — sand, gravel
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sand genitive singular sande dative singular sande accusative singular sande nominative plural sanda, sande genitive plural sanda -
sand — sand, chalk
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mealm genitive singular mealmes dative singular mealme accusative singular mealm nominative plural mealmas genitive plural mealma -
sand — sand, gravel
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sandċeosol genitive singular sandċeosoles dative singular sandċeosole accusative singular sandċeosol nominative plural sandċeosolas genitive plural sandċeosola -
sand — grain of sand
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sandcorn genitive singular sandcornes dative singular sandcorne accusative singular sandcorn nominative plural sandcorn genitive plural sandcorna -
sand — sand martin (a bird)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stæþswealwe genitive singular stæþswealwan dative singular stæþswealwan accusative singular stæþswealwan nominative plural stæþswealwan genitive plural stæþswealwena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sand” 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 “sand”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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