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Old English word for fighting

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

  1. 1

    campung

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    fighting — fighting, contest

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular campung
    genitive singular campunge
    dative singular campunge
    accusative singular campunge
    nominative plural campunga, campunge
    genitive plural campunga
  2. 2

    feohtlac

    score 15

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

    fighting — fighting

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular feohtlāc
    genitive singular feohtlāces
    dative singular feohtlāce
    accusative singular feohtlāc
    nominative plural feohtlāc
    genitive plural feohtlāca
  3. 3

    handplega

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fighting — fighting, combat

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular handplega
    genitive singular handplegan
    dative singular handplegan
    accusative singular handplegan
    nominative plural handplegan
    genitive plural handplegena
  4. 4

    fletgefeoht

    score 13

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

    fighting — fighting within a house

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    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fletġefeoht
    genitive singular fletġefeohtes
    dative singular fletġefeohte
    accusative singular fletġefeoht
    nominative plural fletġefeoht
    genitive plural fletġefeohta
  5. 5

    wignoþ

    score 12

    noun, masculine

    fighting — fighting, warfare

    • opens the headword's definition

How this ranking works

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