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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for many

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

  1. 1

    manig

    score 21

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    many — many

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine maniġ
    strong nominative singular feminine maniġ
    strong nominative singular neuter maniġ
    strong accusative singular masculine maniġne
    strong accusative singular feminine maniġe
    strong accusative singular neuter maniġ
  2. 2

    fela

    score 12

    adjective

    many — many

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    gelomlic

    score 8

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    many — frequent

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ġelōmlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine ġelōmlīċ, ġelōmlīċu, ġelōmlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter ġelōmlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine ġelōmlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine ġelōmlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter ġelōmlīċ

How this ranking works

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