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Old English word for expedition

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

  1. 1

    siþfæt

    score 15

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

    expedition — expedition, journey

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sīþfæt
    genitive singular sīþfætes
    dative singular sīþfæte
    accusative singular sīþfæt
    nominative plural sīþfatu
    genitive plural sīþfata
  2. 2

    for

    score 9

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

    expedition — journey, going, course, expedition, approach; passage, lifestyle, way of life

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fōr
    genitive singular fōre
    dative singular fōre
    accusative singular fōre
    nominative plural fōra, fōre
    genitive plural fōra
  3. 3

    fær

    score 9

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 12 inflected forms

    expedition — way, journey, passage, expedition; highway

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fær
    genitive singular færes
    dative singular fære
    accusative singular fær
    nominative plural faru
    genitive plural fara
  4. 4

    gefær

    score 9

    noun, masculine · irregular · 12 inflected forms

    expedition — way, journey, course, expedition; a (collective) going

    • appears in the definition
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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġefǣr
    genitive singular ġefǣres
    dative singular ġefǣre
    accusative singular ġefǣr
    nominative plural ġefǣras
    genitive plural ġefǣra
  5. 5

    tohte

    score 9

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    expedition — fight, battle, conflict; campaign, military expedition

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tohte
    genitive singular tohtan
    dative singular tohtan
    accusative singular tohtan
    nominative plural tohtan
    genitive plural tohtena

How this ranking works

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