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Old English word for worship

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

  1. 1

    weorþsciepe

    score 17

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

    worship — dignity; worth, honor

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular weorþsċiepe
    genitive singular weorþsċiepes
    dative singular weorþsċiepe
    accusative singular weorþsċiepe
    nominative plural weorþsċiepas
    genitive plural weorþsċiepa
  2. 2

    stanweorþung

    score 15

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

    worship — worship of stones

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular stānweorþung
    genitive singular stānweorþunge
    dative singular stānweorþunge
    accusative singular stānweorþunge
    nominative plural stānweorþunga, stānweorþunge
    genitive plural stānweorþunga
  3. 3

    treowweorþung

    score 15

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

    worship — worship of trees

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular trēowweorþung
    genitive singular trēowweorþunge
    dative singular trēowweorþunge
    accusative singular trēowweorþunge
    nominative plural trēowweorþunga, trēowweorþunge
    genitive plural trēowweorþunga
  4. 4

    deofolgield

    score 9

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

    worship — idolatry or devil worship

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular dēofolġield
    genitive singular dēofolġieldes
    dative singular dēofolġielde
    accusative singular dēofolġield
    nominative plural dēofolġield
    genitive plural dēofolġielda
  5. 5

    bedu

    score 8

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

    worship — request

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bedu
    genitive singular bede
    dative singular bede
    accusative singular bede
    nominative plural beda, bede
    genitive plural beda

How this ranking works

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