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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for custom

5 headwords match “custom”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sidu ranks first.

  1. 1

    sidu

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong u-stem · 3 inflected forms

    custom — custom, habit; practice

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sidu
    genitive singular sida
    dative singular sida
    accusative singular sidu
    nominative plural sida
    genitive plural sida
  2. 2

    gewuna

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    custom — custom

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġewuna
    genitive singular ġewunan
    dative singular ġewunan
    accusative singular ġewunan
    nominative plural ġewunan
    genitive plural ġewunena
  3. 3

    wuna

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    custom — habit, custom

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wuna
    genitive singular wunan
    dative singular wunan
    accusative singular wunan
    nominative plural wunan
    genitive plural wunena
  4. 4

    þeaw

    score 11

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

    custom — habit, custom

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular þēaw
    genitive singular þēawes
    dative singular þēawe
    accusative singular þēaw
    nominative plural þēawas
    genitive plural þēawa
  5. 5

    behogadnes

    score 11

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

    custom — a custom, practice

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular behogadnes
    genitive singular behogadnesse
    dative singular behogadnesse
    accusative singular behogadnesse
    nominative plural behogadnessa, behogadnesse
    genitive plural behogadnessa

How this ranking works

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