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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for part

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

  1. 1

    part

    score 21

    noun, masculine

    part — part

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    dæl

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 12 inflected forms

    part — part

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dǣl
    genitive singular dǣles
    dative singular dǣle
    accusative singular dǣl
    nominative plural dǣlas
    genitive plural dǣla
  3. 3

    lecg

    score 9

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

    part — some part of a weapon, possibly the crossbar in the hilt

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular leċġ
    genitive singular leċġe
    dative singular leċġe
    accusative singular leċġe
    nominative plural leċġa, leċġe
    genitive plural leċġa
  4. 4

    suþdæl

    score 9

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

    part — the south, a southern part or region

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sūþdǣl
    genitive singular sūþdǣles
    dative singular sūþdǣle
    accusative singular sūþdǣl
    nominative plural sūþdǣlas
    genitive plural sūþdǣla
  5. 5

    eastdæl

    score 9

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

    part — the eastern part of a country or place

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ēastdǣl
    genitive singular ēastdǣles
    dative singular ēastdǣle
    accusative singular ēastdǣl
    nominative plural ēastdǣlas
    genitive plural ēastdǣla

How this ranking works

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