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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for division

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

  1. 1

    todal

    score 15

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    division — division, separation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tōdāl
    genitive singular tōdāles
    dative singular tōdāle
    accusative singular tōdāl
    nominative plural tōdāl
    genitive plural tōdāla
  2. 2

    twæming

    score 15

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

    division — division, separation, dissociation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular twǣming
    genitive singular twǣminge
    dative singular twǣminge
    accusative singular twǣminge
    nominative plural twǣminga, twǣminge
    genitive plural twǣminga
  3. 3

    totwæmednes

    score 15

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

    division — division, disunion

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tōtwǣmednes
    genitive singular tōtwǣmednesse
    dative singular tōtwǣmednesse
    accusative singular tōtwǣmednesse
    nominative plural tōtwǣmednessa, tōtwǣmednesse
    genitive plural tōtwǣmednessa
  4. 4

    dal

    score 12

    noun, neuter

    division — division

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    fæc

    score 11

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

    division — a division, space

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fæc
    genitive singular fæces
    dative singular fæce
    accusative singular fæc
    nominative plural facu
    genitive plural faca

How this ranking works

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