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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for owner

5 headwords match “owner”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; agnere ranks first.

  1. 1

    agnere

    score 24

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

    owner — owner

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āgnere
    genitive singular āgneres
    dative singular āgnere
    accusative singular āgnere
    nominative plural āgneras
    genitive plural āgnera
  2. 2

    aga

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    owner — owner, possessor

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āga
    genitive singular āgan
    dative singular āgan
    accusative singular āgan
    nominative plural āgan
    genitive plural āgena
  3. 3

    agend

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong nd-stem · 6 inflected forms

    owner — owner

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āgend
    genitive singular āgendes
    dative singular āgende
    accusative singular āgend
    nominative plural āgend, āgende, āgendas
    genitive plural āgendra
  4. 4

    egesa

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 8 inflected forms

    owner — owner

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eġesa
    genitive singular eġesan
    dative singular eġesan
    accusative singular eġesan
    nominative plural eġesan
    genitive plural eġesena
  5. 5

    agniend

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong nd-stem · 6 inflected forms

    owner — owner

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āgniend
    genitive singular āgniendes
    dative singular āgniende
    accusative singular āgniend
    nominative plural āgniend, āgniende, āgniendas
    genitive plural āgniendra

How this ranking works

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