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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for equipment

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

  1. 1

    geatwa

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 3 inflected forms

    equipment — equipment

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative plural ġeatwa, ġeatwe
    genitive plural ġeatwa
    dative plural ġeatwum
    accusative plural ġeatwa, ġeatwe
  2. 2

    guþgetawa

    score 12

    noun, feminine

    equipment — equipment for battle

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    gewæde

    score 8

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

    equipment — covering, shroud

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġewǣde
    genitive singular ġewǣdes
    dative singular ġewǣde
    accusative singular ġewǣde
    nominative plural ġewǣdu
    genitive plural ġewǣda
  4. 4

    fyrdsearu

    score 6

    noun, neuter

    equipment — armour, war equipment

    • appears in the definition
  5. 5

    guþgeatwe

    score 6

    noun, feminine

    equipment — warlike dress or equipment

    • appears in the definition

How this ranking works

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