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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for and

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

  1. 1

    and

    score 21

    adverb

    and — and

    • opens the headword's definition

    Full entry for and →

  2. 2

    ge

    score 10

    pronoun · 34 inflected forms

    and — and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular first-person iċ
    accusative singular first-person mē, mec
    dative singular first-person mē
    genitive singular first-person mīn
    nominative singular second-person þū
    accusative singular second-person þē, þec

    Full entry for ge →

  3. 3

    ac

    score 5

    noun, feminine · strong consonant stem · 7 inflected forms

    and — but

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āc
    genitive singular ǣċ, āce, āces
    dative singular ǣċ, āce
    accusative singular āc, āce
    nominative plural ǣċ, āca, āce, ācas
    genitive plural āca

    Full entry for ac →

How this ranking works

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