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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for divinity

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

  1. 1

    godcundnes

    score 15

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

    divinity — divinity, godliness

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular godcundnes
    genitive singular godcundnesse
    dative singular godcundnesse
    accusative singular godcundnesse
    nominative plural godcundnessa, godcundnesse
    genitive plural godcundnessa
  2. 2

    godmægen

    score 13

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    divinity — divinity, divine power, godly power; numen.

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gōdmæġen
    genitive singular gōdmæġnes
    dative singular gōdmæġne
    accusative singular gōdmæġen
    nominative plural gōdmæġnu
    genitive plural gōdmæġna

How this ranking works

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