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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for drowned

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

  1. 1

    bedofen

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    drowned — drowned

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine bedofen
    strong nominative singular feminine bedofen
    strong nominative singular neuter bedofen
    strong accusative singular masculine bedofenne
    strong accusative singular feminine bedofene
    strong accusative singular neuter bedofen
  2. 2

    gedufan

    score 5

    verb · strong class II · 14 inflected forms

    drowned — to dive, plunge

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġedūfe
    first-person singular past indicative ġedēaf
    second-person singular present indicative ġedȳfst
    second-person singular past indicative ġedufe
    third-person singular present indicative ġedȳfþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġedēaf

How this ranking works

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