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Old English word for ireland

7 headwords match “ireland”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; Irland ranks first.

  1. 1

    Irland

    score 17

    proper noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    ireland — Ireland (a country in northwestern Europe)

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Īrland
    genitive singular Īrlandes
    dative singular Īrlande
    accusative singular Īrland
  2. 2

    Ira land

    score 10

    proper noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    ireland — Ireland

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Īra land
    genitive singular Īra landes
    dative singular Īra lande
    accusative singular Īra land
  3. 3

    Scotland

    score 4

    proper noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    ireland — land of the Scots in Hibernia, i.e. Ireland (a large island of Northern Europe)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Sċotland
    genitive singular Sċotlandes
    dative singular Sċotlande
    accusative singular Sċotland
  4. 4

    Scyttisc

    score 4

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    ireland — Scottish (of the Scottish people of northern Britain)

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine Scyttisċ
    strong nominative singular feminine Scyttisċ
    strong nominative singular neuter Scyttisċ
    strong accusative singular masculine Scyttisċne
    strong accusative singular feminine Scyttisċe
    strong accusative singular neuter Scyttisċ
  5. 5

    Iras

    score 3

    proper noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    ireland — the Irish

    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative plural Īras
    genitive plural Īra
    dative plural Īrum
    accusative plural Īras
  6. 6

    Scotta land

    score 3

    proper noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    ireland — Scotland

    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular Sċotta land
    genitive singular Sċotta landes
    dative singular Sċotta lande
    accusative singular Sċotta land
  7. 7

    Scottas

    score 1

    proper noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 3 inflected forms

    ireland — the Scots (the Scottish people of northern Britain)

    • has a full inflection table
    • proper noun
    Paradigm summary
    nominative plural Scottas
    genitive plural Scotta
    dative plural Scottum
    accusative plural Scottas

How this ranking works

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

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