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Old English word for dart

7 headwords match “dart”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; daroþ ranks first.

  1. 1

    daroþ

    score 15

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

    dart — dart

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular daroþ
    genitive singular daroþes
    dative singular daroþe
    accusative singular daroþ
    nominative plural daroþas
    genitive plural daroþa
  2. 2

    flaniht

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    dart — dart, arrow

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine flāniht
    strong nominative singular feminine flāniht
    strong nominative singular neuter flāniht
    strong accusative singular masculine flānihtne
    strong accusative singular feminine flānihte
    strong accusative singular neuter flāniht
  3. 3

    gar

    score 11

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

    dart — spear, arrow, dart

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular gār
    genitive singular gāres
    dative singular gāre
    accusative singular gār
    nominative plural gāras
    genitive plural gāra
  4. 4

    scyttel

    score 11

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

    dart — bolt, dart

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċyttel
    genitive singular sċytteles
    dative singular sċyttele
    accusative singular sċyttel
    nominative plural sċyttelas
    genitive plural sċyttela
  5. 5

    wifer

    score 9

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

    dart — missile, arrow, javelin, dart

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wifer
    genitive singular wifres
    dative singular wifre
    accusative singular wifer
    nominative plural wifras
    genitive plural wifra
  6. 6

    scottettan

    score 6

    verb · weak class 1 · 16 inflected forms

    dart — to move about rapidly; dart

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative sċottette
    first-person singular past indicative sċottette
    second-person singular present indicative sċottetst
    second-person singular past indicative sċottettest
    third-person singular present indicative sċottett, sċottet
    third-person singular past indicative sċottette
  7. 7

    scotian

    score 3

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    dart — to shoot someone with a weapon

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative sċotiġe
    first-person singular past indicative sċotode
    second-person singular present indicative sċotast
    second-person singular past indicative sċotodest
    third-person singular present indicative sċotaþ
    third-person singular past indicative sċotode

How this ranking works

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