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Old English word for snare

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

  1. 1

    sneare

    score 24

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

    snare — snare, noose

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sneare
    genitive singular snearan
    dative singular snearan
    accusative singular snearan
    nominative plural snearan
    genitive plural snearena
  2. 2

    grin

    score 15

    noun, feminine / neuter · strong ō-stem · 10 inflected forms

    snare — snare

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular grīn, grin
    genitive singular grīne, grines
    dative singular grīne, grine
    accusative singular grīne, grin
    nominative plural grīna, grīne, grinu
    genitive plural grīna, grina
  3. 3

    granu

    score 15

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

    snare — snare, noose

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular granu
    genitive singular grane
    dative singular grane
    accusative singular grane
    nominative plural grana, grane
    genitive plural grana
  4. 4

    sada

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    snare — cord, halter, snare

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sāda
    genitive singular sādan
    dative singular sādan
    accusative singular sādan
    nominative plural sādan
    genitive plural sādena
  5. 5

    hinderhoc

    score 11

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

    snare — artifice, stratagem, snare

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hinderhōc
    genitive singular hinderhōces
    dative singular hinderhōce
    accusative singular hinderhōc
    nominative plural hinderhōcas
    genitive plural hinderhōca

How this ranking works

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

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