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Old English word for calling

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

  1. 1

    geciegendlic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    calling — calling

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ġeċīeġendlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine ġeċīeġendlīċ, ġeċīeġendlīċu, ġeċīeġendlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter ġeċīeġendlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine ġeċīeġendlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine ġeċīeġendlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter ġeċīeġendlīċ
  2. 2

    clypung

    score 12

    noun, feminine

    calling — calling

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    inciegung

    score 11

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

    calling — a calling; invocation

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular inċīeġung
    genitive singular inċīeġunge
    dative singular inċīeġunge
    accusative singular inċīeġunge
    nominative plural inċīeġunga, inċīeġunge
    genitive plural inċīeġunga
  4. 4

    nemniendlic

    score 9

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    calling — naming, calling, addressing

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine nemniendlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine nemniendlīċ, nemniendlīċu, nemniendlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter nemniendlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine nemniendlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine nemniendlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter nemniendlīċ
  5. 5

    laþu

    score 8

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

    calling — invitation

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular laþu
    genitive singular laþe
    dative singular laþe
    accusative singular laþe
    nominative plural laþa, laþe
    genitive plural laþa

How this ranking works

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