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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for hunting

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

  1. 1

    huntung

    score 24

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

    hunting — hunting

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular huntung
    genitive singular huntunge
    dative singular huntunge
    accusative singular huntunge
    nominative plural huntunga, huntunge
    genitive plural huntunga
  2. 2

    huntoþ

    score 15

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

    hunting — hunting, a hunt

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular huntoþ
    genitive singular huntoþes
    dative singular huntoþe
    accusative singular huntoþ
    nominative plural huntoþas
    genitive plural huntoþa
  3. 3

    deornet

    score 15

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

    hunting — hunting net

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dēornet
    genitive singular dēornetes
    dative singular dēornete
    accusative singular dēornet
    nominative plural dēornet
    genitive plural dēorneta
  4. 4

    huntnold

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    hunting — hunting

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    huntnoþ

    score 9

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

    hunting — the act of hunting

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular huntnoþ
    genitive singular huntnoþes
    dative singular huntnoþe
    accusative singular huntnoþ
    nominative plural huntnoþas
    genitive plural huntnoþa

How this ranking works

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