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Old English word for election

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

  1. 1

    ceasnes

    score 15

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

    election — election; choice

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċēasnes
    genitive singular ċēasnesse
    dative singular ċēasnesse
    accusative singular ċēasnesse
    nominative plural ċēasnessa, ċēasnesse
    genitive plural ċēasnessa
  2. 2

    corenscipe

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    election — election

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular corensċipe
    genitive singular corensċipes
    dative singular corensċipe
    accusative singular corensċipe
    nominative plural corensċipas
    genitive plural corensċipa
  3. 3

    gecorennes

    score 15

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

    election — election, choice

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġecorennes
    genitive singular ġecorennesse
    dative singular ġecorennesse
    accusative singular ġecorennesse
    nominative plural ġecorennessa, ġecorennesse
    genitive plural ġecorennessa
  4. 4

    gecorenscipe

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    election — election

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġecorensċipe
    genitive singular ġecorensċipes
    dative singular ġecorensċipe
    accusative singular ġecorensċipe
    nominative plural ġecorensċipas
    genitive plural ġecorensċipa
  5. 5

    cyre

    score 9

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    election — choice; free will; election

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cyre
    genitive singular cyres
    dative singular cyre
    accusative singular cyre
    nominative plural cyras
    genitive plural cyra

How this ranking works

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