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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for astronomy

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

  1. 1

    tungolæ

    score 15

    noun, feminine · 1 inflected forms

    astronomy — astronomy

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tungolǣ
    genitive singular tungolǣ
    dative singular tungolǣ
    accusative singular tungolǣ
  2. 2

    tungolcræft

    score 15

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

    astronomy — astronomy

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tungolcræft
    genitive singular tungolcræftes
    dative singular tungolcræfte
    accusative singular tungolcræft
  3. 3

    tungolgescead

    score 15

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

    astronomy — astronomy

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tungolġesċēad
    genitive singular tungolġesċēades
    dative singular tungolġesċēade
    accusative singular tungolġesċēad
  4. 4

    solmerca

    score 5

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    astronomy — sundial

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sōlmerca
    genitive singular sōlmercan
    dative singular sōlmercan
    accusative singular sōlmercan
    nominative plural sōlmercan
    genitive plural sōlmercena
  5. 5

    seofonstierre

    score 5

    noun, neuter · strong ja-stem · 2 inflected forms

    astronomy — Pleiades

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular seofonstierre
    genitive singular seofonstierres
    dative singular seofonstierre
    accusative singular seofonstierre

How this ranking works

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