Modern English → Old English
Old English word for deception
5 headwords match “deception”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; swic ranks first.
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deception — deception, illusion
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular swic genitive singular swices dative singular swice accusative singular swic nominative plural swicu genitive plural swica -
deception — deception, illusion
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dyderung genitive singular dyderunge dative singular dyderunge accusative singular dyderunge nominative plural dyderunga, dyderunge genitive plural dyderunga -
deception — deception, treachery, fraud
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular swiccræft genitive singular swiccræftes dative singular swiccræfte accusative singular swiccræft nominative plural swiccræftas genitive plural swiccræfta -
deception — deception, deceptive art
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġedwolcræft genitive singular ġedwolcræftes dative singular ġedwolcræfte accusative singular ġedwolcræft nominative plural ġedwolcræftas genitive plural ġedwolcræfta -
deception — fraud, deceit, trickery, deception
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fleard genitive singular fleardes dative singular flearde accusative singular fleard nominative plural fleard genitive plural flearda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “deception” 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 “deception”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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