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Old English word for firmament

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

  1. 1

    rodorlic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    firmament — firmament; celestial; heavenly

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine rodorlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine rodorlīċ, rodorlīċu, rodorlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter rodorlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine rodorlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine rodorlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter rodorlīċ
  2. 2

    staþolnes

    score 15

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

    firmament — firmament, foundation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular staþolnes
    genitive singular staþolnesse
    dative singular staþolnesse
    accusative singular staþolnesse
    nominative plural staþolnessa, staþolnesse
    genitive plural staþolnessa
  3. 3

    uprodor

    score 13

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

    firmament — firmament, upper heavens, ether, sky

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular uprodor
    genitive singular uprodores
    dative singular uprodore
    accusative singular uprodor
    nominative plural uprodoras
    genitive plural uprodora
  4. 4

    fæstnes

    score 9

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

    firmament — fastness, firmness, firmament, fortification, stability

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fæstnes
    genitive singular fæstnesse
    dative singular fæstnesse
    accusative singular fæstnesse
    nominative plural fæstnessa, fæstnesse
    genitive plural fæstnessa
  5. 5

    staþol

    score 8

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

    firmament — foundation, establishment

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular staþol
    genitive singular staþoles
    dative singular staþole
    accusative singular staþol
    nominative plural staþolas
    genitive plural staþola

How this ranking works

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