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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for monger

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

  1. 1

    mangere

    score 18

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    monger — trader, merchant, dealer, monger

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mangere
    genitive singular mangeres
    dative singular mangere
    accusative singular mangere
    nominative plural mangeras
    genitive plural mangera
  2. 2

    mangian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    monger — to trade, traffic, do as a monger

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative mangiġe
    first-person singular past indicative mangode
    second-person singular present indicative mangast
    second-person singular past indicative mangodest
    third-person singular present indicative mangaþ
    third-person singular past indicative mangode
  3. 3

    gemangian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    monger — to trade, traffic, do as a monger

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġemangiġe
    first-person singular past indicative ġemangode
    second-person singular present indicative ġemangast
    second-person singular past indicative ġemangodest
    third-person singular present indicative ġemangaþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġemangode
  4. 4

    penningmangere

    score 5

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    monger — money-monger

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular penningmangere
    genitive singular penningmangeres
    dative singular penningmangere
    accusative singular penningmangere
    nominative plural penningmangeras
    genitive plural penningmangera

How this ranking works

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