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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for thrush

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

  1. 1

    þrysce

    score 21

    noun, feminine

    thrush — thrush

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    amor

    score 9

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

    thrush — a type of bird (e.g. thrush or bunting)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular amor
    genitive singular amores
    dative singular amore
    accusative singular amor
    nominative plural amoras
    genitive plural amora
  3. 3

    þrostle

    score 9

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

    thrush — song thrush

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular þrostle
    genitive singular þrostlan
    dative singular þrostlan
    accusative singular þrostlan
    nominative plural þrostlan
    genitive plural þrostlena
  4. 4

    clodhamer

    score 9

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

    thrush — probably a type of thrush, more specifically, the fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular clodhamer
    genitive singular clodhameres
    dative singular clodhamere
    accusative singular clodhamer
    nominative plural clodhameras
    genitive plural clodhamera

How this ranking works

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