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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for disease

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

  1. 1

    adl

    score 15

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

    disease — disease

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ādl
    genitive singular ādle
    dative singular ādle
    accusative singular ādle
    nominative plural ādla, ādle
    genitive plural ādla
  2. 2

    coþu

    score 15

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

    disease — disease, sickness

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular coþu
    genitive singular coþe
    dative singular coþe
    accusative singular coþe
    nominative plural coþa, coþe
    genitive plural coþa
  3. 3

    ielfadl

    score 13

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

    disease — disease caused by an elf

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ielfādl
    genitive singular ielfādle
    dative singular ielfādle
    accusative singular ielfādle
    nominative plural ielfādla, ielfādle
    genitive plural ielfādla
  4. 4

    adlung

    score 11

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

    disease — illness, ailment, disease

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ādlung
    genitive singular ādlunge
    dative singular ādlunge
    accusative singular ādlunge
    nominative plural ādlunga, ādlunge
    genitive plural ādlunga
  5. 5

    seocnes

    score 11

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

    disease — sickness, disease

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sēocnes
    genitive singular sēocnesse
    dative singular sēocnesse
    accusative singular sēocnesse
    nominative plural sēocnessa, sēocnesse
    genitive plural sēocnessa

How this ranking works

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

Not one of these?

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