Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cleansing
3 headwords match “cleansing”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; afeormung ranks first.
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cleansing — cleansing, purgation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular āfeormung genitive singular āfeormunge dative singular āfeormunge accusative singular āfeormunge nominative plural āfeormunga, āfeormunge genitive plural āfeormunga -
cleansing — a washing, cleansing
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fiermþ genitive singular fiermþe dative singular fiermþe accusative singular fiermþe nominative plural fiermþa, fiermþe genitive plural fiermþa -
cleansing — an instance of harboring or entertaining (a guest)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feormung genitive singular feormunge dative singular feormunge accusative singular feormunge nominative plural feormunga, feormunge genitive plural feormunga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cleansing” 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.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “cleansing”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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