Modern English → Old English
Old English word for insect
5 headwords match “insect”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; wicga ranks first.
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insect — insect
- opens the headword's definition
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insect — an insect
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular pēo genitive singular pēon dative singular pēon accusative singular pēon nominative plural pēon genitive plural pēona -
insect — a small flying insect or midge; gnat
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gnætt genitive singular gnættes dative singular gnætte accusative singular gnætt nominative plural gnættas genitive plural gnætta -
insect — a mite, small insect
- appears in the definition
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insect — any crawling animal, especially
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrm genitive singular wyrmes dative singular wyrme accusative singular wyrm nominative plural wyrmas genitive plural wyrma
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “insect” 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 “insect”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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