Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ancestor
5 headwords match “ancestor”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; forþfæder ranks first.
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ancestor — forefather, ancestor
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular forþfæder genitive singular forþfæder dative singular forþfæder accusative singular forþfæder nominative plural forþfæderas genitive plural forþfædera -
ancestor — parent
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ieldra strong nominative singular feminine ieldre strong nominative singular neuter ieldre strong accusative singular masculine ieldran strong accusative singular feminine ieldran strong accusative singular neuter ieldre -
ancestor — grandfather
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ancestor — grandmother
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ancestor — elder, parent, head of a family; senior man
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdor genitive singular ealdres dative singular ealdre accusative singular ealdor nominative plural ealdras genitive plural ealdra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ancestor” 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?
The match may be a different sense of “ancestor”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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