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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for adolescent

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

  1. 1

    samgeong

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    adolescent — adolescent

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine samġeong
    strong nominative singular feminine samġeong
    strong nominative singular neuter samġeong
    strong accusative singular masculine samġeongne
    strong accusative singular feminine samġeonge
    strong accusative singular neuter samġeong
  2. 2

    samweaxen

    score 8

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    adolescent — half-grown

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine samweaxen
    strong nominative singular feminine samweaxenu, samweaxnu, samweaxeno, samweaxno
    strong nominative singular neuter samweaxen
    strong accusative singular masculine samweaxenne
    strong accusative singular feminine samweaxene, samweaxne
    strong accusative singular neuter samweaxen

How this ranking works

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