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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for twentieth

4 headwords match “twentieth”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; twentigoþa ranks first.

  1. 1

    twentigoþa

    score 24

    adjective · 6 inflected forms

    twentieth — twentieth

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine twēntigoþa
    strong nominative singular feminine twēntigoþe
    strong nominative singular neuter twēntigoþe
    strong accusative singular masculine twēntigoþan
    strong accusative singular feminine twēntigoþan
    strong accusative singular neuter twēntigoþe
  2. 2

    twentiga

    score 21

    numeral

    twentieth — twentieth

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  3. 3

    twentigþa

    score 21

    numeral

    twentieth — twentieth

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
  4. 4

    score 4

    letter, masculine

    twentieth — the twentieth letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing the sound /m/ and pro

    • 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 “twentieth” 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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