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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for half-

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

  1. 1

    healf-

    score 21

    prefix

    half- — half-

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    sam-

    score 12

    prefix

    half- — half-

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    samblind

    score 5

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    half- — half-blind

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sāmblind
    strong nominative singular feminine sāmblind
    strong nominative singular neuter sāmblind
    strong accusative singular masculine sāmblindne
    strong accusative singular feminine sāmblinde
    strong accusative singular neuter sāmblind
  4. 4

    samlocen

    score 5

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    half- — half-closed

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sāmlocen
    strong nominative singular feminine sāmlocen
    strong nominative singular neuter sāmlocen
    strong accusative singular masculine sāmlocenne
    strong accusative singular feminine sāmlocene
    strong accusative singular neuter sāmlocen
  5. 5

    samsoden

    score 5

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    half- — half-cooked

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine samsoden
    strong nominative singular feminine samsoden
    strong nominative singular neuter samsoden
    strong accusative singular masculine samsodenne
    strong accusative singular feminine samsodene
    strong accusative singular neuter samsoden

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “half-” 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 “half-”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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