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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for curious

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

  1. 1

    firwitt

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    curious — curious

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine firwitt
    strong nominative singular feminine firwitt
    strong nominative singular neuter firwitt
    strong accusative singular masculine firwitne
    strong accusative singular feminine firwitte
    strong accusative singular neuter firwitt
  2. 2

    firwitgeorn

    score 15

    adjective · 9 inflected forms

    curious — curious

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine firwitġeorn
    strong nominative singular feminine firwitġeorn
    strong nominative singular neuter firwitġeorn
    strong accusative singular masculine firwitġeorne
    strong accusative singular feminine firwitġeorne
    strong accusative singular neuter firwitġeorn
  3. 3

    wrætlic

    score 11

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    curious — wondrous: curious (interesting)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wrǣtlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine wrǣtlīċ, wrǣtlīċu, wrǣtlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter wrǣtlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine wrǣtlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine wrǣtlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter wrǣtlīċ

How this ranking works

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