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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for poetic

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

  1. 1

    leoþlic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    poetic — poetic

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine lēoþlīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine lēoþlīċ, lēoþlīċu, lēoþlīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter lēoþlīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine lēoþlīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine lēoþlīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter lēoþlīċ
  2. 2

    scoplic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    poetic — poetic

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sċoplīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine sċoplīċ, sċoplīċu, sċoplīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter sċoplīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine sċoplīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine sċoplīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter sċoplīċ
  3. 3

    folm

    score 13

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

    poetic — (poetic) hand, palm

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular folm
    genitive singular folme
    dative singular folme
    accusative singular folme
    nominative plural folma, folme
    genitive plural folma
  4. 4

    scopgereord

    score 12

    noun, neuter

    poetic — poetic diction

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    mece

    score 11

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

    poetic — (poetic) alternative form of mǣċe

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mēċe
    genitive singular mēċes
    dative singular mēċe
    accusative singular mēċe
    nominative plural mēċas
    genitive plural mēċa

How this ranking works

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