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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for deceiver

4 headwords match “deceiver”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; swica ranks first.

  1. 1

    swica

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    deceiver — deceiver

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

    bepæcend

    score 15

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

    deceiver — deceiver

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bepǣċend
    genitive singular bepǣċendes
    dative singular bepǣċende
    accusative singular bepǣċend
    nominative plural bepǣċend, bepǣċende, bepǣċendas
    genitive plural bepǣċendra
  3. 3

    pæca

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    deceiver — a deceiver

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular pǣċa
    genitive singular pǣċan
    dative singular pǣċan
    accusative singular pǣċan
    nominative plural pǣċan
    genitive plural pǣċena
  4. 4

    loga

    score 8

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    deceiver — liar

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular loga
    genitive singular logan
    dative singular logan
    accusative singular logan
    nominative plural logan
    genitive plural logena

How this ranking works

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