Modern English → Old English
Old English word for excrement
6 headwords match “excrement”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; þost ranks first.
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excrement — excrement; dung
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þost genitive singular þostes dative singular þoste accusative singular þost nominative plural þostas genitive plural þosta -
excrement — dung, excrement
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cac genitive singular caces dative singular cace accusative singular cac nominative plural cacas genitive plural caca -
excrement — dung, excrement
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular meox genitive singular meoxes dative singular meoxe accusative singular meox nominative plural meox genitive plural meoxa -
excrement — dung, excrement
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwēad genitive singular cwēades dative singular cwēade accusative singular cwēad nominative plural cwēad genitive plural cwēada -
excrement — toilet, privy
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular earsgang genitive singular earsganges dative singular earsgange accusative singular earsgang nominative plural earsgangas genitive plural earsganga -
excrement — exit (a way out or a departure)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ūtgang genitive singular ūtganges dative singular ūtgange accusative singular ūtgang nominative plural ūtgangas genitive plural ūtganga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “excrement” 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 “excrement”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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