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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for anyone

7 headwords match “anyone”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; ahwa ranks first.

  1. 1

    ahwa

    score 15

    pronoun · 8 inflected forms

    anyone — anyone

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative masculine feminine āhwā
    nominative neuter āhwæt
    accusative masculine feminine āhwone
    accusative neuter āhwæt
    genitive āhwæs
    dative āhwām, āhwǣm
  2. 2

    ahwelc

    score 12

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    anyone — anyone

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine āhwelċ
    strong nominative singular feminine āhwelċ
    strong nominative singular neuter āhwelċ
    strong accusative singular masculine āhwelcne
    strong accusative singular feminine āhwelċe
    strong accusative singular neuter āhwelċ
  3. 3

    ahwæþer

    score 12

    conjunction

    anyone — anyone, anything

    • opens the headword's definition
  4. 4

    hwa

    score 8

    pronoun · 8 inflected forms

    anyone — who (interrogative)

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative masculine feminine hwā
    nominative neuter hwæt
    accusative masculine feminine hwone
    accusative neuter hwæt
    genitive hwæs
    dative hwām, hwǣm
  5. 5

    ænig

    score 8

    pronoun · 20 inflected forms

    anyone — any

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ǣniġ
    strong nominative singular feminine ǣniġu, ǣnġu, ǣniġo, ǣnġo
    strong nominative singular neuter ǣniġ
    strong accusative singular masculine ǣniġne
    strong accusative singular feminine ǣniġe, ǣnġe
    strong accusative singular neuter ǣniġ
  6. 6

    hwelc

    score 8

    pronoun · strong · 8 inflected forms

    anyone — which one

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine hwelċ
    strong nominative singular feminine hwelċ
    strong nominative singular neuter hwelċ
    strong accusative singular masculine hwelcne
    strong accusative singular feminine hwelċe
    strong accusative singular neuter hwelċ
  7. 7

    abelgan

    score 4

    verb · strong class III · 16 inflected forms

    anyone — to make angry, tick off, enrage, irritate, annoy, vex, grill, incense, cause anyone to swe

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ābelge
    first-person singular past indicative ābealg, ābealh
    second-person singular present indicative ābilġst
    second-person singular past indicative ābulge
    third-person singular present indicative ābilġþ
    third-person singular past indicative ābealg, ābealh

How this ranking works

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