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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for our

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

  1. 1

    ure

    score 24

    determiner · strong · 9 inflected forms

    our — our

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ūre
    strong nominative singular feminine ūru, ūro
    strong nominative singular neuter ūre
    strong accusative singular masculine ūrne
    strong accusative singular feminine ūre
    strong accusative singular neuter ūre
  2. 2

    uncer

    score 13

    determiner · strong · 16 inflected forms

    our — our (referring to two people); ours

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine uncer
    strong nominative singular feminine unceru, uncru, uncero, uncro
    strong nominative singular neuter uncer
    strong accusative singular masculine uncerne
    strong accusative singular feminine uncere, uncre
    strong accusative singular neuter uncer

How this ranking works

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