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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for evenly

4 headwords match “evenly”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; efnlice ranks first.

  1. 1

    efnlice

    score 21

    adverb

    evenly — evenly

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    efnlic

    score 12

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    evenly — equal

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine efnlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine efnlīċ, efnlīċu, efnlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter efnlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine efnlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine efnlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter efnlīċ
  3. 3

    efne

    score 8

    adjective

    evenly — even, evenly

    • appears in the definition
  4. 4

    efn

    score 5

    adjective · 9 inflected forms

    evenly — together

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine efn
    strong nominative singular feminine efn
    strong nominative singular neuter efn
    strong accusative singular masculine efne
    strong accusative singular feminine efne
    strong accusative singular neuter efn

How this ranking works

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