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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for defective

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

  1. 1

    geteorigendlic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    defective — defective, imperfect

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ġetēoriġendlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine ġetēoriġendlīċ, ġetēoriġendlīċu, ġetēoriġendlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter ġetēoriġendlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine ġetēoriġendlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine ġetēoriġendlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter ġetēoriġendlīċ
  2. 2

    ateorian

    score 5

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    defective — to fail

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative āteoriġe
    first-person singular past indicative āteorode
    second-person singular present indicative āteorast
    second-person singular past indicative āteorodest
    third-person singular present indicative āteoraþ
    third-person singular past indicative āteorode

How this ranking works

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