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Old English word for seven

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

  1. 1

    seofon

    score 24

    numeral · 4 inflected forms

    seven — seven

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative masculine seofone
    nominative feminine seofone, seofonu
    accusative feminine seofone, seofonu
    genitive seofona
    dative seofonum
  2. 2

    seofonnihte

    score 13

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    seven — seven day(s) old

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine seofonnihte
    strong nominative singular feminine seofonnihtu, seofonnihto
    strong nominative singular neuter seofonnihte
    strong accusative singular masculine seofonnihtne
    strong accusative singular feminine seofonnihte
    strong accusative singular neuter seofonnihte
  3. 3

    seofonwintre

    score 13

    adjective · 9 inflected forms

    seven — seven year(s) old

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine seofonwintre
    strong nominative singular feminine seofonwintru, seofonwintro
    strong nominative singular neuter seofonwintre
    strong accusative singular masculine seofonwinterne
    strong accusative singular feminine seofonwintre
    strong accusative singular neuter seofonwintre
  4. 4

    seofon hund

    score 10

    numeral

    seven — seven hundred

    • opens the headword's definition
  5. 5

    seofonhundwintre

    score 8

    adjective

    seven — seven hundred year(s) old

    • opens the headword's definition

How this ranking works

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