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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for young

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

  1. 1

    geong

    score 24

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    young — young

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

    citten

    score 15

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

    young — young animal, baby

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ċitten
    genitive singular ċittenes
    dative singular ċittene
    accusative singular ċitten
    nominative plural ċittenu
    genitive plural ċittena
  3. 3

    gyrele

    score 15

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    young — young person

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gyrele
    genitive singular gyrelan
    dative singular gyrelan
    accusative singular gyrelan
    nominative plural gyrelan
    genitive plural gyrelena
  4. 4

    edgeong

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    young — young again, rejuvenated

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine edġeong
    strong nominative singular feminine edġeong
    strong nominative singular neuter edġeong
    strong accusative singular masculine edġeongne
    strong accusative singular feminine edġeonge
    strong accusative singular neuter edġeong
  5. 5

    unweaxen

    score 15

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    young — young, not grown

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine unweaxen
    strong nominative singular feminine unweaxenu, unweaxnu, unweaxeno, unweaxno
    strong nominative singular neuter unweaxen
    strong accusative singular masculine unweaxenne
    strong accusative singular feminine unweaxene, unweaxne
    strong accusative singular neuter unweaxen

How this ranking works

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