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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for sodom

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

  1. 1

    Sodoma

    score 17

    proper noun, masculine · weak · 2 inflected forms

    sodom — Sodom (ancient Biblical city in Canaan, destroyed due to its sinfulness)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Sodoma
    genitive singular Sodoman
    dative singular Sodoman
    accusative singular Sodoman
  2. 2

    Sodomisc

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sodom — Sodom; sodomitic

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine Sodomisċ
    strong nominative singular feminine Sodomisċ
    strong nominative singular neuter Sodomisċ
    strong accusative singular masculine Sodomisċne
    strong accusative singular feminine Sodomisċe
    strong accusative singular neuter Sodomisċ

How this ranking works

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