Modern English → Old English
Old English word for goat
5 headwords match “goat”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gat ranks first.
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goat — goat
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gāt genitive singular gǣt, gāte dative singular gǣt accusative singular gāt nominative plural gǣt genitive plural gāta -
goat — goat; goaten
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine gǣten strong nominative singular feminine gǣtenu, gǣtnu, gǣteno, gǣtno strong nominative singular neuter gǣten strong accusative singular masculine gǣtenne strong accusative singular feminine gǣtene, gǣtne strong accusative singular neuter gǣten -
goat — wild goat
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wudubucca genitive singular wudubuccan dative singular wudubuccan accusative singular wudubuccan nominative plural wudubuccan genitive plural wudubuccena -
goat — kid (young goat)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēċen genitive singular hēċenes dative singular hēċene accusative singular hēċen nominative plural hēċenu genitive plural hēċena -
goat — a young goat; kid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tiċċen genitive singular tiċċenes dative singular tiċċene accusative singular tiċċen nominative plural tiċċenu genitive plural tiċċena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “goat” 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 “goat”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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