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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for though

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

  1. 1

    þeah

    score 21

    adverb

    though — though, notwithstanding that

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  2. 2

    Gafulford

    score 2

    proper noun, masculine · strong u-stem/a-stem · 4 inflected forms

    though — A location in England, site of a battle in 823 C.E. It has been identified with Camelford,

    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Gafulford
    genitive singular Gafulforda, Gafulfordes
    dative singular Gafulforda, Gafulforde
    accusative singular Gafulford

How this ranking works

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

Not one of these?

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