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Old English word for experience

10 headwords match “experience”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; acunnung ranks first.

  1. 1

    acunnung

    score 15

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

    experience — experience

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ācunnung
    genitive singular ācunnunge
    dative singular ācunnunge
    accusative singular ācunnunge
    nominative plural ācunnunga, ācunnunge
    genitive plural ācunnunga
  2. 2

    afundennes

    score 15

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

    experience — experience

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āfundennes
    genitive singular āfundennesse
    dative singular āfundennesse
    accusative singular āfundennesse
    nominative plural āfundennessa, āfundennesse
    genitive plural āfundennessa
  3. 3

    afandung

    score 8

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

    experience — test, experiment

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āfandung
    genitive singular āfandunge
    dative singular āfandunge
    accusative singular āfandunge
    nominative plural āfandunga, āfandunge
    genitive plural āfandunga
  4. 4

    onfundennes

    score 8

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

    experience — finding

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular onfundennes
    genitive singular onfundennesse
    dative singular onfundennesse
    accusative singular onfundennesse
    nominative plural onfundennessa, onfundennesse
    genitive plural onfundennessa
  5. 5

    cunnian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    experience — to experience, learn to know

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative cunniġe
    first-person singular past indicative cunnode
    second-person singular present indicative cunnast
    second-person singular past indicative cunnodest
    third-person singular present indicative cunnaþ
    third-person singular past indicative cunnode
  6. 6

    þolian

    score 5

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    experience — to suffer, endure

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative þoliġe
    first-person singular past indicative þolode
    second-person singular present indicative þolast
    second-person singular past indicative þolodest
    third-person singular present indicative þolaþ
    third-person singular past indicative þolode
  7. 7

    afindan

    score 5

    verb · strong class III · 14 inflected forms

    experience — to find

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative āfinde
    first-person singular past indicative āfand
    second-person singular present indicative āfinst, āfintst
    second-person singular past indicative āfunde
    third-person singular present indicative āfint
    third-person singular past indicative āfand
  8. 8

    cunnung

    score 5

    noun, feminine

    experience — knowledge

  9. 9

    gebidan

    score 5

    verb · strong class I · 14 inflected forms

    experience — to wait, bide

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġebīde
    first-person singular past indicative ġebād
    second-person singular present indicative ġebītst
    second-person singular past indicative ġebide
    third-person singular present indicative ġebītt, ġebīt
    third-person singular past indicative ġebād
  10. 10

    geferan

    score 5

    verb · weak class 1 · 18 inflected forms

    experience — Of persons:

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġefēre
    first-person singular past indicative ġeferde, ġeferode
    second-person singular present indicative ġefērest, ġefērst
    second-person singular past indicative ġefērdest
    third-person singular present indicative ġefēreþ, ġefērþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġeferde, ġeferode

How this ranking works

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