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Old English word for shot

4 headwords match “shot”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; scot ranks first.

  1. 1

    scot

    score 22

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

    shot — shot, act of shooting

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċot
    genitive singular sċotes
    dative singular sċote
    accusative singular sċot
    nominative plural sċot
    genitive plural sċota
  2. 2

    scyte

    score 8

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

    shot — shooting

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċyte
    genitive singular sċytes
    dative singular sċyte
    accusative singular sċyte
    nominative plural sċytas
    genitive plural sċyta
  3. 3

    gescot

    score 8

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

    shot — a projectile weapon

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġesċot
    genitive singular ġesċotes
    dative singular ġesċote
    accusative singular ġesċot
    nominative plural ġesċot
    genitive plural ġesċota
  4. 4

    scotung

    score 8

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

    shot — christening

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sċōtung
    genitive singular sċōtunge
    dative singular sċōtunge
    accusative singular sċōtunge
    nominative plural sċōtunga, sċōtunge
    genitive plural sċōtunga

How this ranking works

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