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Old English word for comely

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

  1. 1

    cymlic

    score 22

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    comely — comely, beautiful, lovely, splendid, convenient

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine cȳmlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine cȳmlīċ, cȳmlīċu, cȳmlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter cȳmlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine cȳmlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine cȳmlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter cȳmlīċ
  2. 2

    cyme

    score 13

    adjective · 16 inflected forms

    comely — comely, lovely, splendid, beautiful

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine cȳme
    strong nominative singular feminine cȳmu, cȳmo
    strong nominative singular neuter cȳme
    strong accusative singular masculine cȳmne
    strong accusative singular feminine cȳme
    strong accusative singular neuter cȳme
  3. 3

    freolic

    score 9

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    comely — free, freeborn, noble, ingenuous, comely, goodly

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine frēolīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine frēolīċ, frēolīċu, frēolīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter frēolīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine frēolīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine frēolīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter frēolīċ

How this ranking works

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