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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for unholy

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

  1. 1

    unhalig

    score 24

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    unholy — unholy, profane

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine unhāliġ
    strong nominative singular feminine unhāliġu, unhālġu, unhāliġo, unhālġo
    strong nominative singular neuter unhāliġ
    strong accusative singular masculine unhāliġne
    strong accusative singular feminine unhāliġe, unhālġe
    strong accusative singular neuter unhāliġ
  2. 2

    idlian

    score 3

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    unholy — to be empty, unoccupied

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative īdliġe
    first-person singular past indicative īdlode
    second-person singular present indicative īdlast
    second-person singular past indicative īdlodest
    third-person singular present indicative īdlaþ
    third-person singular past indicative īdlode

How this ranking works

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