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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for courthouse

2 headwords match “courthouse”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 2 strongest follow; motern ranks first.

  1. 1

    motern

    score 15

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

    courthouse — courthouse

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mōtern
    genitive singular mōternes
    dative singular mōterne
    accusative singular mōtern
    nominative plural mōternu
    genitive plural mōterna
  2. 2

    domern

    score 9

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

    courthouse — a courthouse or another place of judgment

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dōmern
    genitive singular dōmernes
    dative singular dōmerne
    accusative singular dōmern
    nominative plural dōmernu
    genitive plural dōmerna

How this ranking works

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