eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for timber

3 headwords match “timber”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; timber ranks first.

  1. 1

    timber

    score 24

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

    timber — timber

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular timber
    genitive singular timbres
    dative singular timbre
    accusative singular timber
    nominative plural timber
    genitive plural timbra
  2. 2

    timbran

    score 9

    verb · weak class 1 · 14 inflected forms

    timber — to build

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative timbre
    first-person singular past indicative timbrede
    second-person singular present indicative timbrest
    second-person singular past indicative timbredest
    third-person singular present indicative timbreþ
    third-person singular past indicative timbrede
  3. 3

    wuduræden

    score 6

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

    timber — woodcutting

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wudurǣden
    genitive singular wudurǣdenne
    dative singular wudurǣdenne
    accusative singular wudurǣdenne
    nominative plural wudurǣdenna, wudurǣdenne
    genitive plural wudurǣdenna

How this ranking works

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