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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for sappy

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

  1. 1

    sæpig

    score 18

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sappy — full of sap, succulent, sappy, juicy

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sæpiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine sæpiġ
    strong nominative singular neuter sæpiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine sæpiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine sæpiġe
    strong accusative singular neuter sæpiġ
  2. 2

    unsæpig

    score 11

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sappy — sapless, not sappy

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine unsæpiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine unsæpiġ
    strong nominative singular neuter unsæpiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine unsæpiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine unsæpiġe
    strong accusative singular neuter unsæpiġ

How this ranking works

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