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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for ship

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

  1. 1

    scip

    score 24

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 17 inflected forms

    ship — ship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċip
    genitive singular sċipes
    dative singular sċipe
    accusative singular sċip
    nominative plural sċipu, sċiopu, sċeopu
    genitive plural sċipa, sċiopa, sċeopa
  2. 2

    sæbat

    score 15

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

    ship — ship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sǣbāt
    genitive singular sǣbātes
    dative singular sǣbāte
    accusative singular sǣbāt
    nominative plural sǣbātas
    genitive plural sǣbāta
  3. 3

    yþlid

    score 15

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

    ship — ship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ȳþlid
    genitive singular ȳþlides
    dative singular ȳþlide
    accusative singular ȳþlid
    nominative plural ȳþlid
    genitive plural ȳþlida
  4. 4

    yþlida

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    ship — ship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ȳþlida
    genitive singular ȳþlidan
    dative singular ȳþlidan
    accusative singular ȳþlidan
    nominative plural ȳþlidan
    genitive plural ȳþlidena
  5. 5

    yþmearh

    score 15

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

    ship — ship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ȳþmearh
    genitive singular ȳþmēares
    dative singular ȳþmēare
    accusative singular ȳþmearh
    nominative plural ȳþmēaras
    genitive plural ȳþmēara

How this ranking works

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