Modern English → Old English
Old English word for spear
5 headwords match “spear”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; spere ranks first.
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spear — spear, lance, pike, javelin
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spere genitive singular speres dative singular spere accusative singular spere nominative plural speru genitive plural spera -
spear — spear, arrow, dart
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gār genitive singular gāres dative singular gāre accusative singular gār nominative plural gāras genitive plural gāra -
spear — spear
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular æsċholt genitive singular æsċholtes dative singular æsċholte accusative singular æsċholt nominative plural æsċholt genitive plural æsċholta -
spear — lance, javelin, spear
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular franca genitive singular francan dative singular francan accusative singular francan nominative plural francan genitive plural francena -
spear — shaft (of an arrow or spear), pole
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sċeaft genitive singular sċeafte dative singular sċeafte accusative singular sċeaft, sċeafte nominative plural sċeafte, sċeafta genitive plural sċeafta
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “spear” 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?
The match may be a different sense of “spear”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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