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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for norway

2 headwords match “norway”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; Norþweg ranks first.

  1. 1

    Norþweg

    score 17

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

    norway — Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Norþweġ
    genitive singular Norþweġes
    dative singular Norþweġe
    accusative singular Norþweġ
    nominative plural Norþwegas
    genitive plural Norþwega
  2. 2

    Halgoland

    score 4

    proper noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    norway — Hålogaland, i.e. a region of Norway

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Hālgoland
    genitive singular Hālgolandes
    dative singular Hālgolande
    accusative singular Hālgoland

How this ranking works

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