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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for spending

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

  1. 1

    spendung

    score 24

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

    spending — spending

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular spendung
    genitive singular spendunge
    dative singular spendunge
    accusative singular spendunge
    nominative plural spendunga, spendunge
    genitive plural spendunga
  2. 2

    gedal

    score 8

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    spending — a division, separation

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġedāl
    genitive singular ġedāles
    dative singular ġedāle
    accusative singular ġedāl
    nominative plural ġedāl
    genitive plural ġedāla
  3. 3

    forspendan

    score 4

    verb · weak class 1 · 14 inflected forms

    spending — to spend utterly; spend away, consume, exhaust with spending

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative forspende
    first-person singular past indicative forspende
    second-person singular present indicative forspendest, forspenst, forspentst
    second-person singular past indicative forspendest
    third-person singular present indicative forspendeþ, forspent
    third-person singular past indicative forspende

How this ranking works

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