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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for chit

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

  1. 1

    ciþ

    score 18

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    chit — a young shoot of an herb or tree; a chit; sprout; germ; sprig; mote

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċīþ
    genitive singular ċīþes
    dative singular ċīþe
    accusative singular ċīþ
    nominative plural ċīþas
    genitive plural ċīþa
  2. 2

    citten

    score 12

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    chit — young animal, baby

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċitten
    genitive singular ċittenes
    dative singular ċittene
    accusative singular ċitten
    nominative plural ċittenu
    genitive plural ċittena

How this ranking works

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