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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for exit

3 headwords match “exit”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; forsiþ ranks first.

  1. 1

    forsiþ

    score 15

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

    exit — exit, departure

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular forsīþ
    genitive singular forsīþes
    dative singular forsīþe
    accusative singular forsīþ
    nominative plural forsīþas
    genitive plural forsīþa
  2. 2

    utgang

    score 13

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

    exit — exit (a way out or a departure)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ūtgang
    genitive singular ūtganges
    dative singular ūtgange
    accusative singular ūtgang
    nominative plural ūtgangas
    genitive plural ūtganga
  3. 3

    utscyte

    score 8

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

    exit — an outfall, outlet

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ūtsċyte
    genitive singular ūtsċytes
    dative singular ūtsċyte
    accusative singular ūtsċyte
    nominative plural ūtsċytas
    genitive plural ūtsċyta

How this ranking works

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