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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for jowl

4 headwords match “jowl”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; geahl ranks first.

  1. 1

    geahl

    score 21

    noun, masculine

    jowl — jowl, jaw

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

    ceole

    score 17

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    jowl — throat

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċeole
    genitive singular ċeolan
    dative singular ċeolan
    accusative singular ċeolan
    nominative plural ċeolan
    genitive plural ċeolena
  3. 3

    ceafl

    score 12

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

    jowl — jaw; cheek

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċeafl
    genitive singular ċeafles
    dative singular ċeafle
    accusative singular ċeafl
    nominative plural ċeaflas
    genitive plural ċeafla
  4. 4

    geagl

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 11 inflected forms

    jowl — jaw, jowl

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ġeagl
    strong nominative singular feminine ġeagl
    strong nominative singular neuter ġeagl
    strong accusative singular masculine ġeagelne
    strong accusative singular feminine ġeagle
    strong accusative singular neuter ġeagl

How this ranking works

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