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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for liver

3 headwords match “liver”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; lifer ranks first.

  1. 1

    lifer

    score 24

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

    liver — liver (interior organ)

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

    liferadl

    score 15

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

    liver — liver disease

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular liferādl
    genitive singular liferādle
    dative singular liferādle
    accusative singular liferādle
    nominative plural liferādla, liferādle
    genitive plural liferādla
  3. 3

    liferlæppa

    score 9

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    liver — a lobe of the liver

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular liferlæppa
    genitive singular liferlæppan
    dative singular liferlæppan
    accusative singular liferlæppan
    nominative plural liferlæppan
    genitive plural liferlæppena

How this ranking works

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