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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for sleeve

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

  1. 1

    slief

    score 24

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

    sleeve — sleeve

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

    stoc

    score 15

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

    sleeve — sleeve

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular stoc
    genitive singular stoces
    dative singular stoce
    accusative singular stoc
    nominative plural stocu
    genitive plural stoca
  3. 3

    earmella

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    sleeve — sleeve

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular earmella
    genitive singular earmellan
    dative singular earmellan
    accusative singular earmellan
    nominative plural earmellan
    genitive plural earmellena
  4. 4

    earmstoc

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    sleeve — sleeve

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    sliefe

    score 7

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

    sleeve — synonym of slīef (“sleeve”)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular slīefe
    genitive singular slīefan
    dative singular slīefan
    accusative singular slīefan
    nominative plural slīefan
    genitive plural slīefena

How this ranking works

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