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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for ruddy

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

  1. 1

    rudig

    score 24

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    ruddy — ruddy

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine rudiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine rudiġ
    strong nominative singular neuter rudiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine rudiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine rudiġe
    strong accusative singular neuter rudiġ
  2. 2

    rudian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    ruddy — to be ruddy

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative rudiġe
    first-person singular past indicative rudode
    second-person singular present indicative rudast
    second-person singular past indicative rudodest
    third-person singular present indicative rudaþ
    third-person singular past indicative rudode
  3. 3

    rudu

    score 6

    noun, feminine

    ruddy — Red, redness, ruddy complexion.

    • appears in the definition

How this ranking works

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