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Old English word for lot

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

  1. 1

    hlot

    score 20

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

    lot — portion, share, lot

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hlot
    genitive singular hlotes
    dative singular hlote
    accusative singular hlot
    nominative plural hlot
    genitive plural hlota
  2. 2

    hlet

    score 11

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

    lot — a lot

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hlēt
    genitive singular hlētes
    dative singular hlēte
    accusative singular hlēt
    nominative plural hlētas
    genitive plural hlēta
  3. 3

    numol

    score 7

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    lot — capacious: able to hold or take a lot

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine numol
    strong nominative singular feminine numol
    strong nominative singular neuter numol
    strong accusative singular masculine numolne
    strong accusative singular feminine numole
    strong accusative singular neuter numol
  4. 4

    Loð

    score 5

    proper noun, masculine

    lot — Lot (nephew of Abraham in the Bible)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • proper noun
  5. 5

    hleotan

    score 5

    verb · strong class II · 16 inflected forms

    lot — to cast lots

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative hlēote
    first-person singular past indicative hlēat
    second-person singular present indicative hlīetst
    second-person singular past indicative hlute
    third-person singular present indicative hlīett, hlīet
    third-person singular past indicative hlēat

How this ranking works

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