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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for oxford

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

  1. 1

    Oxnaford

    score 19

    proper noun, masculine · 4 inflected forms

    oxford — Oxford

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Oxnaford
    genitive singular Oxnafordes
    dative singular Oxnaforda, Oxnaforde
    accusative singular Oxnaford
  2. 2

    myrþrian

    score 4

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    oxford — to murder (according to the Oxford English Dictionary only attested in the compounded form

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative myrþriġe
    first-person singular past indicative myrþrode
    second-person singular present indicative myrþrast
    second-person singular past indicative myrþrodest
    third-person singular present indicative myrþraþ
    third-person singular past indicative myrþrode

How this ranking works

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

Not one of these?

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