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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for divine

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

  1. 1

    godhad

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong u-stem · 3 inflected forms

    divine — divine nature

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

    godcund

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    divine — divine, godlike, heavenly

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine godcund
    strong nominative singular feminine godcund
    strong nominative singular neuter godcund
    strong accusative singular masculine godcundne
    strong accusative singular feminine godcunde
    strong accusative singular neuter godcund
  3. 3

    godcundlic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    divine — divine

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine godcundlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine godcundlīċ, godcundlīċu, godcundlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter godcundlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine godcundlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine godcundlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter godcundlīċ
  4. 4

    godcundmiht

    score 12

    noun, feminine

    divine — divine majesty

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    godlic

    score 11

    adjective · 24 inflected forms

    divine — godlike, divine; godly

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine gōdlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine gōdlīċ, gōdlīċu, gōdlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter gōdlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine gōdlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine gōdlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter gōdlīċ

How this ranking works

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