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Old English word for paganism

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

  1. 1

    hæþennes

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    paganism — paganism, pagan beliefs

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hǣþennes
    genitive singular hǣþennese
    dative singular hǣþennese
    accusative singular hǣþennese
    nominative plural hǣþennesa, hǣþennese
    genitive plural hǣþennesa
  2. 2

    hæþenscipe

    score 15

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

    paganism — paganism, pagan beliefs

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hǣþensċipe
    genitive singular hǣþensċipes
    dative singular hǣþensċipe
    accusative singular hǣþensċipe
    nominative plural hǣþensċipas
    genitive plural hǣþensċipa
  3. 3

    hæðenscipe

    score 11

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

    paganism — Heathenry, paganism

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hǣðenscipe
    genitive singular hǣðenscipes
    dative singular hǣðenscipe
    accusative singular hǣðenscipe
    nominative plural hǣðenscipas
    genitive plural hǣðenscipa
  4. 4

    hæþendom

    score 9

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

    paganism — heathendom, paganism, the belief and practices of heathen people

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hǣþendōm
    genitive singular hǣþendōmes
    dative singular hǣþendōme
    accusative singular hǣþendōm
    nominative plural hǣþendōmas
    genitive plural hǣþendōma

How this ranking works

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