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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for shoe

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

  1. 1

    scoh

    score 24

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

    shoe — shoe

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċōh
    genitive singular sċōs
    dative singular sċō
    accusative singular sċōh
    nominative plural sċōs
    genitive plural sċōna
  2. 2

    swiftlere

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    shoe — slipper, shoe

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular swiftlere
    genitive singular swiftleres
    dative singular swiftlere
    accusative singular swiftlere
    nominative plural swiftleras
    genitive plural swiftlera
  3. 3

    rifeling

    score 9

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

    shoe — a riveling, a kind of shoe

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rifeling
    genitive singular rifelinges
    dative singular rifelinge
    accusative singular rifeling
    nominative plural rifelingas
    genitive plural rifelinga
  4. 4

    sole

    score 8

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    shoe — sole

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sole
    genitive singular solan
    dative singular solan
    accusative singular solan
    nominative plural solan
    genitive plural solena
  5. 5

    gescod

    score 7

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    shoe — having a shoe on, (of a person) wearing shoes

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ġesċōd
    strong nominative singular feminine ġesċōd
    strong nominative singular neuter ġesċōd
    strong accusative singular masculine ġesċōdne
    strong accusative singular feminine ġesċōde
    strong accusative singular neuter ġesċōd

How this ranking works

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