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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for circumference

4 headwords match “circumference”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; trundulnes ranks first.

  1. 1

    trundulnes

    score 15

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

    circumference — circumference; perimeter, vicinity

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular trundulnes
    genitive singular trundulnesse
    dative singular trundulnesse
    accusative singular trundulnesse
    nominative plural trundulnessa, trundulnesse
    genitive plural trundulnessa
  2. 2

    hwierfel

    score 9

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

    circumference — circuit, circumference; perimeter, exterior

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hwierfel
    genitive singular hwierfeles
    dative singular hwierfele
    accusative singular hwierfel
    nominative plural hwierfelas
    genitive plural hwierfela
  3. 3

    ymbgang

    score 8

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

    circumference — circumnavigation, orbit

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ymbgang
    genitive singular ymbganges
    dative singular ymbgange
    accusative singular ymbgang
    nominative plural ymbgangas
    genitive plural ymbganga
  4. 4

    ymblyt

    score 5

    noun

    circumference — circle

How this ranking works

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