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Old English word for swift

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

  1. 1

    swift

    score 24

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    swift — swift, quick

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine swift
    strong nominative singular feminine swift
    strong nominative singular neuter swift
    strong accusative singular masculine swiftne
    strong accusative singular feminine swifte
    strong accusative singular neuter swift

    Full entry for swift →

  2. 2

    snellic

    score 15

    adjective · 12 inflected forms

    swift — swift, moving rapidly

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine snellīċ
    strong nominative singular feminine snellīċ, snellīċu, snellīċo
    strong nominative singular neuter snellīċ
    strong accusative singular masculine snellīcne
    strong accusative singular feminine snellīċe
    strong accusative singular neuter snellīċ

    Full entry for snellic →

  3. 3

    caf

    score 9

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    swift — quick, sharp, prompt, nimble, swift

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine cāf
    strong nominative singular feminine cāf
    strong nominative singular neuter cāf
    strong accusative singular masculine cāfne
    strong accusative singular feminine cāfe
    strong accusative singular neuter cāf

    Full entry for caf →

  4. 4

    recen

    score 8

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    swift — ready

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine recen
    strong nominative singular feminine recen
    strong nominative singular neuter recen
    strong accusative singular masculine recenne
    strong accusative singular feminine recene
    strong accusative singular neuter recen

    Full entry for recen →

  5. 5

    snacc

    score 7

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

    swift — a swift sailing vessel; a small warship

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular snacc
    genitive singular snacces
    dative singular snacce
    accusative singular snacc
    nominative plural snaccas
    genitive plural snacca

    Full entry for snacc →

How this ranking works

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