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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for flock

4 headwords match “flock”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; flocc ranks first.

  1. 1

    flocc

    score 24

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

    flock — flock, herd

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular flocc
    genitive singular flocces
    dative singular flocce
    accusative singular flocc
    nominative plural floccas
    genitive plural flocca
  2. 2

    sceapheord

    score 15

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

    flock — flock of sheep

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċēapheord
    genitive singular sċēapheorde
    dative singular sċēapheorde
    accusative singular sċēapheorde
    nominative plural sċēapheorda, sċēapheorde
    genitive plural sċēapheorda
  3. 3

    eowde

    score 12

    noun, feminine

    flock — flock, herd

    • opens the headword's definition
  4. 4

    worn

    score 8

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

    flock — great many, multitude

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular worn
    genitive singular wornes
    dative singular worne
    accusative singular worn
    nominative plural wornas
    genitive plural worna

How this ranking works

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