Modern English → Old English
Old English word for womb
5 headwords match “womb”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wamb ranks first.
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womb — belly, stomach
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wamb genitive singular wambe dative singular wambe accusative singular wambe nominative plural wamba, wambe genitive plural wamba -
womb — womb, uterus
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwiþ genitive singular cwiþes dative singular cwiþe accusative singular cwiþ nominative plural cwiþas genitive plural cwiþa -
womb — womb
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hrif genitive singular hrifes dative singular hrife accusative singular hrif nominative plural hrifu genitive plural hrifa -
womb — placenta
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċildhama genitive singular ċildhaman dative singular ċildhaman accusative singular ċildhaman nominative plural ċildhaman genitive plural ċildhamena -
womb — genitalia
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġecyndlim genitive singular ġecyndlimes dative singular ġecyndlime accusative singular ġecyndlim nominative plural ġecyndlimu genitive plural ġecyndlima
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “womb” 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?
The match may be a different sense of “womb”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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