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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for astrology

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

  1. 1

    steorwigle

    score 15

    noun, neuter · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    astrology — astrology

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular steorwiġle
    genitive singular steorwiġles
    dative singular steorwiġle
    accusative singular steorwiġle
    nominative plural steorwiġlas
    genitive plural steorwiġla
  2. 2

    steorwiglung

    score 12

    noun, feminine

    astrology — astrology

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    tungolcræft

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    astrology — astronomy

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tungolcræft
    genitive singular tungolcræftes
    dative singular tungolcræfte
    accusative singular tungolcræft
  4. 4

    tungolgescead

    score 8

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    astrology — astronomy

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tungolġesċēad
    genitive singular tungolġesċēades
    dative singular tungolġesċēade
    accusative singular tungolġesċēad
  5. 5

    Getwisan

    score 5

    noun, masculine · weak · 3 inflected forms

    astrology — Gemini (Zodiac sign)

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative plural Ġetwisan
    genitive plural Ġetwisena
    dative plural Ġetwisum
    accusative plural Ġetwisan

How this ranking works

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