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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for stick

5 headwords match “stick”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sticca ranks first.

  1. 1

    sticca

    score 24

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    stick — stick

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular sticca
    genitive singular sticcan
    dative singular sticcan
    accusative singular sticcan
    nominative plural sticcan
    genitive plural sticcena
  2. 2

    stician

    score 15

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    stick — to pierce, to stab, to prick, to stick

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative sticiġe
    first-person singular past indicative sticode
    second-person singular present indicative sticast
    second-person singular past indicative sticodest
    third-person singular present indicative sticaþ
    third-person singular past indicative sticode
  3. 3

    pil

    score 11

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

    stick — pointed stick

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular pīl
    genitive singular pīles
    dative singular pīle
    accusative singular pīl
    nominative plural pīlas
    genitive plural pīla
  4. 4

    cycgel

    score 9

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

    stick — cudgel, a strong stick

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular cyċġel
    genitive singular cyċġeles
    dative singular cyċġele
    accusative singular cyċġel
    nominative plural cyċġelas
    genitive plural cyċġela
  5. 5

    þwirel

    score 9

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

    stick — a stick for whipping milk, a whisk

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular þwirel
    genitive singular þwirles
    dative singular þwirle
    accusative singular þwirel
    nominative plural þwirlas
    genitive plural þwirla

How this ranking works

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

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