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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for storm

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

  1. 1

    storm

    score 24

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

    storm — storm

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular storm
    genitive singular stormes
    dative singular storme
    accusative singular storm
    nominative plural stormas
    genitive plural storma
  2. 2

    yst

    score 13

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

    storm — storm, tempest, whirlwind, hurricane

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ȳst
    genitive singular ȳste
    dative singular ȳste
    accusative singular ȳst, ȳste
    nominative plural ȳste, ȳsta
    genitive plural ȳsta
  3. 3

    hriþ

    score 11

    noun, feminine / neuter · strong ō-stem · 5 inflected forms

    storm — snowstorm; storm, tempest

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrīþ
    genitive singular hrīþe, hrīþes
    dative singular hrīþe
    accusative singular hrīþe, hrīþ
    nominative plural hrīþa, hrīþe, hrīþ
    genitive plural hrīþa
  4. 4

    unweder

    score 11

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

    storm — bad weather, storm

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular unweder
    genitive singular unwedres
    dative singular unwedre
    accusative singular unweder
    nominative plural unwedru
    genitive plural unwedra
  5. 5

    wintergeweorp

    score 11

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    storm — wintry storm

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular winterġeweorp
    genitive singular winterġeweorpes
    dative singular winterġeweorpe
    accusative singular winterġeweorp
    nominative plural winterġeweorp
    genitive plural winterġeweorpa

How this ranking works

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