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Old English word for steed

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

  1. 1

    steda

    score 20

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    steed — a steed, stallion

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular stēda
    genitive singular stēdan
    dative singular stēdan
    accusative singular stēdan
    nominative plural stēdan
    genitive plural stēdena
  2. 2

    eoh

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 12 inflected forms

    steed — horse, steed

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eoh
    genitive singular ēos
    dative singular ēo
    accusative singular eoh
    nominative plural ēos, eoh
    genitive plural ēona
  3. 3

    wicg

    score 11

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

    steed — horse, steed

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiċġ
    genitive singular wiċġes
    dative singular wiċġe
    accusative singular wiċġ
    nominative plural wiċġ
    genitive plural wiċġa
  4. 4

    mearh

    score 11

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

    steed — horse, steed

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mearh
    genitive singular mēares
    dative singular mēare
    accusative singular mearh
    nominative plural mēaras
    genitive plural mēara

How this ranking works

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