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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for tile

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

  1. 1

    tigele

    score 24

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

    tile — tile

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

    tigelen

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    tile — tile or brick

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine tiġelen
    strong nominative singular feminine tiġelenu, tiġeleno
    strong nominative singular neuter tiġelen
    strong accusative singular masculine tiġelenne
    strong accusative singular feminine tiġelene
    strong accusative singular neuter tiġelen
  3. 3

    hrofstan

    score 9

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

    tile — roof tile

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrōfstān
    genitive singular hrōfstānes
    dative singular hrōfstāne
    accusative singular hrōfstān
    nominative plural hrōfstānas
    genitive plural hrōfstāna
  4. 4

    hroftigel

    score 9

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

    tile — roof tile

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hrōftiġel
    genitive singular hrōftiġle
    dative singular hrōftiġle
    accusative singular hrōftiġle
    nominative plural hrōftiġla, hrōftiġle
    genitive plural hrōftiġla
  5. 5

    tigelstan

    score 9

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

    tile — roof tile, imbrex

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tiġelstān
    genitive singular tiġelstānes
    dative singular tiġelstāne
    accusative singular tiġelstān
    nominative plural tiġelstānas
    genitive plural tiġelstāna

How this ranking works

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