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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for toilet

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

  1. 1

    earsgang

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    toilet — toilet, privy

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular earsgang
    genitive singular earsganges
    dative singular earsgange
    accusative singular earsgang
    nominative plural earsgangas
    genitive plural earsganga
  2. 2

    genge

    score 9

    adjective · 16 inflected forms

    toilet — A passage; drain; toilet.

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine genġe
    strong nominative singular feminine genġu, genġo
    strong nominative singular neuter genġe
    strong accusative singular masculine genġne
    strong accusative singular feminine genġe
    strong accusative singular neuter genġe
  3. 3

    gang

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    toilet — going, walking

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gang
    genitive singular ganges
    dative singular gange
    accusative singular gang
    nominative plural gangas
    genitive plural ganga
  4. 4

    gangsetl

    score 8

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem

    toilet — A privy; toilet.

    • appears in the definition
  5. 5

    gangstol

    score 4

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem

    toilet — A stool or seat of a privy; a toilet seat

    • appears in the definition

How this ranking works

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