eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for throat

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

  1. 1

    þrote

    score 24

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

    throat — throat

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

    ceole

    score 15

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

    throat — throat

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċeole
    genitive singular ċeolan
    dative singular ċeolan
    accusative singular ċeolan
    nominative plural ċeolan
    genitive plural ċeolena
  3. 3

    hrace

    score 15

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

    throat — throat, gullet

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrace
    genitive singular hracan
    dative singular hracan
    accusative singular hracan
    nominative plural hracan
    genitive plural hracena
  4. 4

    ceolor

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    throat — throat, collar

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    wasend

    score 6

    noun, masculine

    throat — the throat or gullet

    • appears in the definition

How this ranking works

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