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Old English word for moon

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

  1. 1

    mona

    score 24

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    moon — moon

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mōna
    genitive singular mōnan
    dative singular mōnan
    accusative singular mōnan
    nominative plural mōnan
    genitive plural mōnena
  2. 2

    monaþ

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong consonant stem · 9 inflected forms

    moon — month

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mōnaþ
    genitive singular mōnaþes, mōnþes
    dative singular mōnaþ, mōnþe
    accusative singular mōnaþ
    nominative plural mōnaþ, mōnþas
    genitive plural mōnaþa, mōnþa
  3. 3

    monaþlic

    score 8

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    moon — monthly

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine mōnaþlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine mōnaþlīċ, mōnaþlīċu, mōnaþlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter mōnaþlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine mōnaþlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine mōnaþlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter mōnaþlīċ
  4. 4

    full mona

    score 6

    noun, masculine

    moon — full moon

    • appears in the definition

How this ranking works

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