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Old English word for witchcraft

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

  1. 1

    wiccecræft

    score 24

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

    witchcraft — witchcraft

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiċċecræft
    genitive singular wiċċecræftes
    dative singular wiċċecræfte
    accusative singular wiċċecræft
    nominative plural wiċċecræftas
    genitive plural wiċċecræfta
  2. 2

    wiccedom

    score 15

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

    witchcraft — witchcraft, sorcery, magic

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiċċedōm
    genitive singular wiċċedōmes
    dative singular wiċċedōme
    accusative singular wiċċedōm
    nominative plural wiċċedōmas
    genitive plural wiċċedōma
  3. 3

    wiccung

    score 11

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

    witchcraft — witching, witchcraft

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiċċung
    genitive singular wiċċunge
    dative singular wiċċunge
    accusative singular wiċċunge
    nominative plural wiċċunga, wiċċunge
    genitive plural wiċċunga
  4. 4

    lybcræft

    score 11

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

    witchcraft — magic, witchcraft

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular lybcræft
    genitive singular lybcræftes
    dative singular lybcræfte
    accusative singular lybcræft
    nominative plural lybcræftas
    genitive plural lybcræfta
  5. 5

    wiccian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    witchcraft — to practice witchcraft

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative wiċċiġe
    first-person singular past indicative wiċċode
    second-person singular present indicative wiċċast
    second-person singular past indicative wiċċodest
    third-person singular present indicative wiċċaþ
    third-person singular past indicative wiċċode

How this ranking works

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