eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for cock

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

  1. 1

    cocc

    score 22

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

    cock — cock, a male bird

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cocc
    genitive singular cocces
    dative singular cocce
    accusative singular cocc
    nominative plural coccas
    genitive plural cocca
  2. 2

    carlfugol

    score 11

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

    cock — male bird; cock

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular carlfugol
    genitive singular carlfugles
    dative singular carlfugle
    accusative singular carlfugol
    nominative plural carlfuglas
    genitive plural carlfugla

How this ranking works

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

Not one of these?

The match may be a different sense of “cock”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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