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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for attestation

2 headwords match “attestation”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; seþung ranks first.

  1. 1

    seþung

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    attestation — attestation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sēþung
    genitive singular sēþunge
    dative singular sēþunge
    accusative singular sēþunge
    nominative plural sēþunga, sēþunge
    genitive plural sēþunga
  2. 2

    geseþnes

    score 11

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    attestation — an attestation

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġesēþnes
    genitive singular ġesēþnesse
    dative singular ġesēþnesse
    accusative singular ġesēþnesse
    nominative plural ġesēþnessa, ġesēþnesse
    genitive plural ġesēþnessa

How this ranking works

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