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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for smock

3 headwords match “smock”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; smocc ranks first.

  1. 1

    smocc

    score 24

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

    smock — smock

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular smocc
    genitive singular smocces
    dative singular smocce
    accusative singular smocc
    nominative plural smoccas
    genitive plural smocca
  2. 2

    rocc

    score 9

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

    smock — an upper garment, such as a tunic, smock, or shirt

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular rocc
    genitive singular rocces
    dative singular rocce
    accusative singular rocc
    nominative plural roccas
    genitive plural rocca
  3. 3

    lustmoce

    score 7

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

    smock — lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular lustmoce
    genitive singular lustmocan
    dative singular lustmocan
    accusative singular lustmocan
    nominative plural lustmocan
    genitive plural lustmocena

How this ranking works

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