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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for fatness

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

  1. 1

    fætnes

    score 24

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

    fatness — fatness

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fǣtnes
    genitive singular fǣtnesse
    dative singular fǣtnesse
    accusative singular fǣtnesse
    nominative plural fǣtnessa, fǣtnesse
    genitive plural fǣtnessa
  2. 2

    lynd

    score 8

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

    fatness — fat, grease

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular lynd
    genitive singular lynde
    dative singular lynde
    accusative singular lynde
    nominative plural lynda, lynde
    genitive plural lynda
  3. 3

    gelynd

    score 8

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

    fatness — grease, fat

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġelynd
    genitive singular ġelynde
    dative singular ġelynde
    accusative singular ġelynde
    nominative plural ġelynda, ġelynde
    genitive plural ġelynda

How this ranking works

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

Not one of these?

The match may be a different sense of “fatness”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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