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Old English word for combat

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

  1. 1

    camp

    score 15

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

    combat — combat, battle, warfare

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular camp
    genitive singular campes
    dative singular campe
    accusative singular camp
    nominative plural campas
    genitive plural campa
  2. 2

    guþ

    score 11

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

    combat — battle, combat

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gūþ
    genitive singular gūþe
    dative singular gūþe
    accusative singular gūþ, gūþe
    nominative plural gūþe, gūþa
    genitive plural gūþa
  3. 3

    handplega

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    combat — fighting, combat

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular handplega
    genitive singular handplegan
    dative singular handplegan
    accusative singular handplegan
    nominative plural handplegan
    genitive plural handplegena
  4. 4

    anwig

    score 9

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

    combat — duel, single combat

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ānwīġ
    genitive singular ānwīġes
    dative singular ānwīġe
    accusative singular ānwīġ
    nominative plural ānwīg
    genitive plural ānwīga
  5. 5

    gecamp

    score 8

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

    combat — warfare

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġecamp
    genitive singular ġecampes
    dative singular ġecampe
    accusative singular ġecamp
    nominative plural ġecampas
    genitive plural ġecampa

How this ranking works

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