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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for teaching

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

  1. 1

    tæcing

    score 18

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    teaching — the pointing out of a course to be followed; direction; teaching

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tǣċing
    genitive singular tǣċinge
    dative singular tǣċinge
    accusative singular tǣċinge
    nominative plural tǣċinga, tǣċinge
    genitive plural tǣċinga
  2. 2

    lar

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 5 inflected forms

    teaching — teaching, learning, education

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular lār
    genitive singular lāre
    dative singular lāre
    accusative singular lāre
    nominative plural lāre, lāra
    genitive plural lāra, lārena
  3. 3

    wisnes

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    teaching — teaching, wisdom

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wīsnes
    genitive singular wīsnesse
    dative singular wīsnesse
    accusative singular wīsnesse
    nominative plural wīsnessa, wīsnesse
    genitive plural wīsnessa
  4. 4

    larcwide

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    teaching — teaching, lesson, lore-speech

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular lārcwide
    genitive singular lārcwides
    dative singular lārcwide
    accusative singular lārcwide
    nominative plural lārcwidas
    genitive plural lārcwida
  5. 5

    wordlar

    score 13

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    teaching — teaching by word, verbal instruction

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wordlār
    genitive singular wordlāre
    dative singular wordlāre
    accusative singular wordlāre
    nominative plural wordlāra, wordlāre
    genitive plural wordlāra

How this ranking works

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