Modern English → Old English
Old English word for scots
4 headwords match “scots”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; Scyttisc ranks first.
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scots — Scots Gaelic
- opens the headword's definition
- 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 -
scots — the Scots (the Scottish people of northern Britain)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative plural Scottas genitive plural Scotta dative plural Scottum accusative plural Scottas -
scots — the northern Scots
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative plural Norþsċottas genitive plural Norþsċotta dative plural Norþsċottum accusative plural Norþsċottas -
scots — 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
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “scots” 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 “scots”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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