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Old English word for discord

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

  1. 1

    unsehtnes

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 2 inflected forms

    discord — discord, variance

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

    twirædness

    score 15

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

    discord — discord; dissension; disagreement

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular twirǣdness
    genitive singular twirǣdnesse
    dative singular twirǣdnesse
    accusative singular twirǣdnesse
    nominative plural twirǣdnessa, twirǣdnesse
    genitive plural twirǣdnessa
  3. 3

    ungeþwærnes

    score 13

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

    discord — discord, dissension, division, quarrel

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular unġeþwǣrnes
    genitive singular unġeþwǣrnesse
    dative singular unġeþwǣrnesse
    accusative singular unġeþwǣrnesse
    nominative plural unġeþwǣrnessa, unġeþwǣrnesse
    genitive plural unġeþwǣrnessa
  4. 4

    teona

    score 6

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    discord — damage, harm, hurt, destruction

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tēona
    genitive singular tēonan
    dative singular tēonan
    accusative singular tēonan
    nominative plural tēonan
    genitive plural tēonena

How this ranking works

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