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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for dewy

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

  1. 1

    deawig

    score 24

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    dewy — dewy

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine dēawiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine dēawiġu, dēawġu, dēawiġo, dēawġo
    strong nominative singular neuter dēawiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine dēawiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine dēawiġe, dēawġe
    strong accusative singular neuter dēawiġ
  2. 2

    urig

    score 8

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    dewy — watered, wet

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ūriġ
    strong nominative singular feminine ūriġu, ūrġu, ūriġo, ūrġo
    strong nominative singular neuter ūriġ
    strong accusative singular masculine ūriġne
    strong accusative singular feminine ūriġe, ūrġe
    strong accusative singular neuter ūriġ

How this ranking works

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