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Old English word for creation

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

  1. 1

    sceaft

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong i-stem · 6 inflected forms

    creation — creation, origin

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċeaft
    genitive singular sċeafte
    dative singular sċeafte
    accusative singular sċeaft, sċeafte
    nominative plural sċeafte, sċeafta
    genitive plural sċeafta
  2. 2

    gesceaft

    score 15

    noun, feminine / neuter · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    creation — creation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġesċeaft
    genitive singular ġesċeafte, ġesċeaftes
    dative singular ġesċeafte
    accusative singular ġesċeaft, ġesċeafte
    nominative plural ġesċeafte, ġesċeafta, ġesċeaft
    genitive plural ġesċeafta
  3. 3

    gesceapennes

    score 15

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

    creation — creation

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġesċeapennes
    genitive singular ġesċeapennesse
    dative singular ġesċeapennesse
    accusative singular ġesċeapennesse
    nominative plural ġesċeapennessa, ġesċeapennesse
    genitive plural ġesċeapennessa
  4. 4

    fyrnweorc

    score 11

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    creation — an ancient creation

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fyrnweorc
    genitive singular fyrnweorces
    dative singular fyrnweorce
    accusative singular fyrnweorc
    nominative plural fyrnweorc
    genitive plural fyrnweorca
  5. 5

    forþgesceaft

    score 11

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

    creation — the world; creation

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular forþġesċeaft
    genitive singular forþġesċeafte
    dative singular forþġesċeafte
    accusative singular forþġesċeaft, forþġesċeafte
    nominative plural forþġesċeafte, forþġesċeafta
    genitive plural forþġesċeafta

How this ranking works

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