Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lent
4 headwords match “lent”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; lencten ranks first.
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lent — spring (season)
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lencten genitive singular lenctenes dative singular lenctene accusative singular lencten nominative plural lenctenas genitive plural lenctena -
lent — Cheese Week; the last week of eating cheese before Lent
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ċīeswice genitive singular ċīeswican dative singular ċīeswican accusative singular ċīeswican nominative plural ċīeswican genitive plural ċīeswicena -
lent — spring
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lenctentīd genitive singular lenctentīde dative singular lenctentīde accusative singular lenctentīde nominative plural lenctentīda, lenctentīde genitive plural lenctentīda -
lent — use, utilization
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fricu genitive singular frice dative singular frice accusative singular frice nominative plural frica, frice genitive plural frica
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “lent” 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 “lent”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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