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Old English word for wednesday

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

  1. 1

    wodnesdæg

    score 24

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

    wednesday — Wednesday

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wōdnesdæġ
    genitive singular wōdnesdæġes
    dative singular wōdnesdæġe
    accusative singular wōdnesdæġ
    nominative plural wōdnesdagas
    genitive plural wōdnesdaga
  2. 2

    þunresniht

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong consonant stem · 3 inflected forms

    wednesday — Wednesday night

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular þunresniht
    genitive singular þunresniht
    dative singular þunresniht
    accusative singular þunresniht
    nominative plural þunresniht
    genitive plural þunresnihta

How this ranking works

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