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Old English word for angle

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

  1. 1

    hwamm

    score 15

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

    angle — angle, corner

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hwamm
    genitive singular hwammes
    dative singular hwamme
    accusative singular hwamm
    nominative plural hwammas
    genitive plural hwamma
  2. 2

    hoc

    score 13

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 12 inflected forms

    angle — angle, (of land): point

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hōc
    genitive singular hōces
    dative singular hōce
    accusative singular hōc
    nominative plural hōcas
    genitive plural hōca
  3. 3

    angol

    score 12

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

    angle — fishhook

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular angol
    genitive singular angles
    dative singular angle
    accusative singular angol
    nominative plural anglas
    genitive plural angla
  4. 4

    sceat

    score 11

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

    angle — corner, angle, projection

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċēat
    genitive singular sċēates
    dative singular sċēate
    accusative singular sċēat
    nominative plural sċēatas
    genitive plural sċēata
  5. 5

    hyrne

    score 8

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    angle — corner

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hyrne
    genitive singular hyrnan
    dative singular hyrnan
    accusative singular hyrnan
    nominative plural hyrnan
    genitive plural hyrnena

How this ranking works

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