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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for uncleanness

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

  1. 1

    unclænnes

    score 22

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

    uncleanness — uncleanness, impurity, foulness, squalor

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

    unsyfernes

    score 9

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

    uncleanness — impurity, uncleanness (physical or moral)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular unsȳfernes
    genitive singular unsȳfernesse
    dative singular unsȳfernesse
    accusative singular unsȳfernesse
    nominative plural unsȳfernessa, unsȳfernesse
    genitive plural unsȳfernessa
  3. 3

    womm

    score 8

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    uncleanness — spot, mark, blot

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine womm
    strong nominative singular feminine womm
    strong nominative singular neuter womm
    strong accusative singular masculine womne
    strong accusative singular feminine womme
    strong accusative singular neuter womm

How this ranking works

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