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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for archbishop

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

  1. 1

    arcebiscop

    score 24

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

    archbishop — archbishop

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular arċebisċop
    genitive singular arċebisċopes
    dative singular arċebisċope
    accusative singular arċebisċop
    nominative plural arċebisċopas
    genitive plural arċebisċopa
  2. 2

    heahbiscop

    score 15

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

    archbishop — archbishop

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hēahbisċop
    genitive singular hēahbisċopes
    dative singular hēahbisċope
    accusative singular hēahbisċop
    nominative plural hēahbisċopas
    genitive plural hēahbisċopa
  3. 3

    ealdorbiscop

    score 15

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

    archbishop — archbishop

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ealdorbisċop
    genitive singular ealdorbisċopes
    dative singular ealdorbisċope
    accusative singular ealdorbisċop
    nominative plural ealdorbisċopas
    genitive plural ealdorbisċopa
  4. 4

    leodbiscop

    score 6

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

    archbishop — Suffragan bishop.

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular lēodbisċop
    genitive singular lēodbisċopes
    dative singular lēodbisċope
    accusative singular lēodbisċop
    nominative plural lēodbisċopas
    genitive plural lēodbisċopa

How this ranking works

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