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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for away

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

  1. 1

    onweg

    score 21

    adverb

    away — away

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    onweg-

    score 12

    prefix

    away — away

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    af-

    score 10

    prefix

    away — away, off, from, away from

    • opens the headword's definition
  4. 4

    æf-

    score 10

    prefix

    away — away, off, from, away from

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    fyrlen

    score 9

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    away — far away, distant

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine fyrlen
    strong nominative singular feminine fyrlenu, fyrlnu, fyrleno, fyrlno
    strong nominative singular neuter fyrlen
    strong accusative singular masculine fyrlenne
    strong accusative singular feminine fyrlene, fyrlne
    strong accusative singular neuter fyrlen

How this ranking works

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

Not one of these?

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