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Old English word for offspring

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

  1. 1

    ofspring

    score 24

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

    offspring — offspring

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ofspring
    genitive singular ofspringes
    dative singular ofspringe
    accusative singular ofspring
    nominative plural ofspringas
    genitive plural ofspringa
  2. 2

    fæsl

    score 15

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

    offspring — offspring; progeny

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fæsl
    genitive singular fæsles
    dative singular fæsle
    accusative singular fæsl
    nominative plural fæslas, fæsl
    genitive plural fæsla
  3. 3

    tudor

    score 15

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

    offspring — offspring, progeny

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tūdor
    genitive singular tudres
    dative singular tudre
    accusative singular tūdor
    nominative plural tudru
    genitive plural tudra
  4. 4

    wocor

    score 15

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

    offspring — offspring, progeny

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wōcor
    genitive singular wōcore
    dative singular wōcore
    accusative singular wōcore
    nominative plural wōcora, wōcore
    genitive plural wōcora
  5. 5

    framcynn

    score 15

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

    offspring — offspring; progeny; posterity

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular framcynn
    genitive singular framcynnes
    dative singular framcynne
    accusative singular framcynn
    nominative plural framcynn
    genitive plural framcynna

How this ranking works

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