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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for turnip

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

  1. 1

    næp

    score 24

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

    turnip — turnip

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nǣp
    genitive singular nǣpes
    dative singular nǣpe
    accusative singular nǣp
    nominative plural nǣpas
    genitive plural nǣpa
  2. 2

    næpsæd

    score 11

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

    turnip — rapeseed, turnip seed

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular nǣpsǣd
    genitive singular nǣpsǣdes
    dative singular nǣpsǣde
    accusative singular nǣpsǣd
    nominative plural nǣpsǣd
    genitive plural nǣpsǣda

How this ranking works

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