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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for church

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

  1. 1

    cirice

    score 24

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    church — church

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċiriċe
    genitive singular ċiriċan
    dative singular ċiriċan
    accusative singular ċiriċan
    nominative plural ċiriċan
    genitive plural ċiriċena
  2. 2

    ciriclic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    church — church; ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ċiriċlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine ċiriċlīċ, ċiriċlīċu, ċiriċlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter ċiriċlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine ċiriċlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine ċiriċlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter ċiriċlīċ
  3. 3

    ciricpæþ

    score 15

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

    church — church path

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċiriċpæþ
    genitive singular ċiriċpæþes
    dative singular ċiriċpæþe
    accusative singular ċiriċpæþ
    nominative plural ċiriċpaþas
    genitive plural ċiriċpaþa
  4. 4

    ciricsangere

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    church — church singer

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċiriċsangere
    genitive singular ċiriċsangeres
    dative singular ċiriċsangere
    accusative singular ċiriċsangere
    nominative plural ċiriċsangeras
    genitive plural ċiriċsangera
  5. 5

    ciricdor

    score 13

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

    church — church door or gate

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċiriċdor
    genitive singular ċiriċdores
    dative singular ċiriċdore
    accusative singular ċiriċdor
    nominative plural ċiriċdoru
    genitive plural ċiriċdora

How this ranking works

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