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Old English word for sick

10 headwords match “sick”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; seoc ranks first.

  1. 1

    seoc

    score 24

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sick — sick

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sēoc
    strong nominative singular feminine sēoc
    strong nominative singular neuter sēoc
    strong accusative singular masculine sēocne
    strong accusative singular feminine sēoce
    strong accusative singular neuter sēoc
  2. 2

    adlig

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    sick — sick, ill, diseased

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ādliġ
    strong nominative singular feminine ādliġu, ādliġo
    strong nominative singular neuter ādliġ
    strong accusative singular masculine ādliġne
    strong accusative singular feminine ādliġe
    strong accusative singular neuter ādliġ
  3. 3

    morgenseoc

    score 13

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sick — sick in the morning

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine morgensēoc
    strong nominative singular feminine morgensēoc
    strong nominative singular neuter morgensēoc
    strong accusative singular masculine morgensēocne
    strong accusative singular feminine morgensēoce
    strong accusative singular neuter morgensēoc
  4. 4

    lef

    score 11

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sick — weak, frail; sick

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine lēf
    strong nominative singular feminine lēf
    strong nominative singular neuter lēf
    strong accusative singular masculine lēfne
    strong accusative singular feminine lēfe
    strong accusative singular neuter lēf
  5. 5

    samhal

    score 11

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sick — unwell; sick, infirm

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sāmhāl
    strong nominative singular feminine sāmhāl
    strong nominative singular neuter sāmhāl
    strong accusative singular masculine sāmhālne
    strong accusative singular feminine sāmhāle
    strong accusative singular neuter sāmhāl
  6. 6

    untrum

    score 11

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    sick — weak, sick, infirm

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine untrum
    strong nominative singular feminine untrumu, untrumo
    strong nominative singular neuter untrum
    strong accusative singular masculine untrumne
    strong accusative singular feminine untrume
    strong accusative singular neuter untrum
  7. 7

    adlseoc

    score 11

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sick — ill, sick

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ādlsēoc
    strong nominative singular feminine ādlsēoc
    strong nominative singular neuter ādlsēoc
    strong accusative singular masculine ādlsēocne
    strong accusative singular feminine ādlsēoce
    strong accusative singular neuter ādlsēoc
  8. 8

    unhal

    score 9

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sick — in bad health, sick, weak, ill, infirm, unhealthy, unsound

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine unhāl
    strong nominative singular feminine unhāl
    strong nominative singular neuter unhāl
    strong accusative singular masculine unhālne
    strong accusative singular feminine unhāle
    strong accusative singular neuter unhāl
  9. 9

    cranc

    score 8

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    sick — weak

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine cranc
    strong nominative singular feminine cranc
    strong nominative singular neuter cranc
    strong accusative singular masculine crancne
    strong accusative singular feminine crance
    strong accusative singular neuter cranc
  10. 10

    wlætian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    sick — to be nauseous, feel sick (often impersonal, with dative or accusative of person)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative wlǣtiġe
    first-person singular past indicative wlǣtode
    second-person singular present indicative wlǣtast
    second-person singular past indicative wlǣtodest
    third-person singular present indicative wlǣtaþ
    third-person singular past indicative wlǣtode

How this ranking works

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