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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for dwelling-place

4 headwords match “dwelling-place”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; wiceard ranks first.

  1. 1

    wiceard

    score 15

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

    dwelling-place — dwelling-place

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wīceard
    genitive singular wīceardes
    dative singular wīcearde
    accusative singular wīceard
    nominative plural wīceardas
    genitive plural wīcearda
  2. 2

    eþelstow

    score 15

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

    dwelling-place — dwelling-place

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ēþelstōw
    genitive singular ēþelstōwe
    dative singular ēþelstōwe
    accusative singular ēþelstōwe
    nominative plural ēþelstōwa, ēþelstōwe
    genitive plural ēþelstōwa
  3. 3

    eardgeard

    score 13

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

    dwelling-place — dwelling-place, the Earth

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eardġeard
    genitive singular eardġeardes
    dative singular eardġearde
    accusative singular eardġeard
    nominative plural eardġeardas
    genitive plural eardġearda
  4. 4

    samodeard

    score 9

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

    dwelling-place — common country or dwelling-place

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular samodeard
    genitive singular samodeardes
    dative singular samodearde
    accusative singular samodeard
    nominative plural samodeardas
    genitive plural samodearda

How this ranking works

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