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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for already

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

  1. 1

    foresprecen

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    already — already stated, aforementioned

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine foresprecen
    strong nominative singular feminine foresprecen
    strong nominative singular neuter foresprecen
    strong accusative singular masculine foresprecenne
    strong accusative singular feminine foresprecene
    strong accusative singular neuter foresprecen
  2. 2

    forespræc

    score 6

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

    already — advocacy

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular foresprǣċ
    genitive singular foresprǣċe
    dative singular foresprǣċe
    accusative singular foresprǣċe
    nominative plural foresprǣċa, foresprǣċe
    genitive plural foresprǣċa
  3. 3

    ær

    score 5

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    already — previously

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ǣr
    strong nominative singular feminine ǣr
    strong nominative singular neuter ǣr
    strong accusative singular masculine ǣrne
    strong accusative singular feminine ǣre
    strong accusative singular neuter ǣr
  4. 4

    gearwe

    score 5

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 5 inflected forms

    already — entirely, well, enough

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġearwe
    genitive singular ġearwan
    dative singular ġearwan
    accusative singular ġearwan
    nominative plural ġearwan
    genitive plural ġearwena
  5. 5

    geo

    score 3

    adverb

    already — at some former time: once, before

How this ranking works

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