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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for favorable

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

  1. 1

    ambyre

    score 15

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    favorable — favorable wind

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ambyre
    strong nominative singular feminine ambyru, ambyro
    strong nominative singular neuter ambyre
    strong accusative singular masculine ambyrne
    strong accusative singular feminine ambyre
    strong accusative singular neuter ambyre
  2. 2

    tid

    score 8

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

    favorable — 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
  3. 3

    gecierran

    score 3

    verb · weak class 1 · 14 inflected forms

    favorable — to turn back

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġeċierre
    first-person singular past indicative ġeċierde
    second-person singular present indicative ġeċierest
    second-person singular past indicative ġeċierdest
    third-person singular present indicative ġeċiereþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġeċierde

How this ranking works

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