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Old English word for abbot

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

  1. 1

    abbod

    score 24

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

    abbot — abbot

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular abbod
    genitive singular abbodes
    dative singular abbode
    accusative singular abbod
    nominative plural abbodas
    genitive plural abboda
  2. 2

    abbad

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    abbot — abbot

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    abbodliest

    score 9

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 2 inflected forms

    abbot — lack of an abbot

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular abbodlīest
    genitive singular abbodlīeste
    dative singular abbodlīeste
    accusative singular abbodlīeste
  4. 4

    abboddom

    score 3

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

    abbot — abbacy, an abbot's rule

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular abboddōm
    genitive singular abboddōmes
    dative singular abboddōme
    accusative singular abboddōm
    nominative plural abboddōmas
    genitive plural abboddōma
  5. 5

    abbodrice

    score 3

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

    abbot — a abbacy; an abbot's rule

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular abbodrīċe
    genitive singular abbodrīċes
    dative singular abbodrīċe
    accusative singular abbodrīċe
    nominative plural abbodrīċu
    genitive plural abbodrīċa

How this ranking works

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