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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for godly

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

  1. 1

    godlic

    score 20

    adjective · 24 inflected forms

    godly — godlike, divine; godly

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine gōdlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine gōdlīċ, gōdlīċu, gōdlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter gōdlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine gōdlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine gōdlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter gōdlīċ
  2. 2

    godþrym

    score 15

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

    godly — godly majesty

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular godþrym
    genitive singular godþrymmes
    dative singular godþrymme
    accusative singular godþrym
    nominative plural godþrymmas
    genitive plural godþrymma
  3. 3

    godmægen

    score 7

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

    godly — divinity, divine power, godly power; numen.

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gōdmæġen
    genitive singular gōdmæġnes
    dative singular gōdmæġne
    accusative singular gōdmæġen
    nominative plural gōdmæġnu
    genitive plural gōdmæġna

How this ranking works

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