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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for circumcision

3 headwords match “circumcision”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ymbcyrf ranks first.

  1. 1

    ymbcyrf

    score 15

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

    circumcision — circumcision

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ymbcyrf
    genitive singular ymbcyrfes
    dative singular ymbcyrfe
    accusative singular ymbcyrf
    nominative plural ymbcyrfas
    genitive plural ymbcyrfa
  2. 2

    ymbceorfnes

    score 15

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

    circumcision — circumcision

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ymbċeorfnes
    genitive singular ymbċeorfnesse
    dative singular ymbċeorfnesse
    accusative singular ymbċeorfnesse
    nominative plural ymbċeorfnessa, ymbċeorfnesse
    genitive plural ymbċeorfnessa
  3. 3

    ymbsnidennes

    score 15

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

    circumcision — circumcision

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ymbsnidennes
    genitive singular ymbsnidennesse
    dative singular ymbsnidennesse
    accusative singular ymbsnidennesse
    nominative plural ymbsnidennessa, ymbsnidennesse
    genitive plural ymbsnidennessa

How this ranking works

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