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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for habitation

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

  1. 1

    inwunung

    score 15

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

    habitation — habitation, dwelling, residence

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular inwunung
    genitive singular inwununge
    dative singular inwununge
    accusative singular inwununge
    nominative plural inwununga, inwununge
    genitive plural inwununga
  2. 2

    eardunghus

    score 15

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    habitation — habitation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eardunghūs
    genitive singular eardunghūses
    dative singular eardunghūse
    accusative singular eardunghūs
    nominative plural eardunghūs
    genitive plural eardunghūsa
  3. 3

    ærn

    score 11

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

    habitation — house, habitation

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ærn
    genitive singular ærnes
    dative singular ærne
    accusative singular ærn
    nominative plural ærnu
    genitive plural ærna
  4. 4

    geset

    score 11

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

    habitation — seat, habitation, house

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġeset
    genitive singular ġesetes
    dative singular ġesete
    accusative singular ġeset
    nominative plural ġesetu
    genitive plural ġeseta
  5. 5

    gebyhþ

    score 11

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

    habitation — dwelling, habitation, abode

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġebyhþ
    genitive singular ġebyhþe
    dative singular ġebyhþe
    accusative singular ġebyhþe
    nominative plural ġebyhþa, ġebyhþe
    genitive plural ġebyhþa

How this ranking works

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

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