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Old English word for acceptance

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

  1. 1

    andfang

    score 15

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

    acceptance — acceptance

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular andfang
    genitive singular andfanges
    dative singular andfange
    accusative singular andfang
    nominative plural andfangas
    genitive plural andfanga
  2. 2

    sincþegu

    score 13

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

    acceptance — acceptance of a treasure, lord's gift

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sincþegu
    genitive singular sincþege
    dative singular sincþege
    accusative singular sincþege
    nominative plural sincþega, sincþege
    genitive plural sincþega
  3. 3

    underfangelnes

    score 6

    noun, feminine

    acceptance — undertaking, acceptance (glosses Latin susceptio)

    • appears in the definition

How this ranking works

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