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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for event

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

  1. 1

    belimp

    score 15

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

    event — event, occurrence

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular belimp
    genitive singular belimpes
    dative singular belimpe
    accusative singular belimp
    nominative plural belimpu
    genitive plural belimpa
  2. 2

    gelimp

    score 15

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

    event — event

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġelimp
    genitive singular ġelimpes
    dative singular ġelimpe
    accusative singular ġelimp
    nominative plural ġelimp
    genitive plural ġelimpa
  3. 3

    dæd

    score 8

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

    event — action, deed

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dǣd
    genitive singular dǣde
    dative singular dǣde
    accusative singular dǣd, dǣde
    nominative plural dǣde, dǣda
    genitive plural dǣda
  4. 4

    tid

    score 8

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

    event — time in general

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tīd
    genitive singular tīde
    dative singular tīde
    accusative singular tīd, tīde
    nominative plural tīde, tīda
    genitive plural tīda
  5. 5

    wyrd

    score 8

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

    event — fate, destiny

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wyrd
    genitive singular wyrde
    dative singular wyrde
    accusative singular wyrd, wyrde
    nominative plural wyrde, wyrda
    genitive plural wyrda

How this ranking works

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