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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for carelessness

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

  1. 1

    carleasnes

    score 18

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

    carelessness — freedom from care, security, carelessness

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular carlēasnes
    genitive singular carlēasnesse
    dative singular carlēasnesse
    accusative singular carlēasnesse
    nominative plural carlēasnessa, carlēasnesse
    genitive plural carlēasnessa
  2. 2

    ungiemen

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 2 inflected forms

    carelessness — carelessness

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

    giemeliest

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 2 inflected forms

    carelessness — carelessness

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

    receleasnes

    score 15

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

    carelessness — carelessness, negligence

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rēċelēasnes
    genitive singular rēċelēasnesse
    dative singular rēċelēasnesse
    accusative singular rēċelēasnesse
    nominative plural rēċelēasnessa, rēċelēasnesse
    genitive plural rēċelēasnessa
  5. 5

    giemeleasnes

    score 15

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

    carelessness — carelessness

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġīemelēasnes
    genitive singular ġīemelēasnesse
    dative singular ġīemelēasnesse
    accusative singular ġīemelēasnesse
    nominative plural ġīemelēasnessa, ġīemelēasnesse
    genitive plural ġīemelēasnessa

How this ranking works

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