Modern English → Old English
Old English word for answer
5 headwords match “answer”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; andswaru ranks first.
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answer — answer
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular andswaru genitive singular andsware dative singular andsware accusative singular andsware nominative plural andswara, andsware genitive plural andswara -
answer — to answer
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative andswerie first-person singular past indicative andswerede second-person singular present indicative andswerest second-person singular past indicative andsweredest third-person singular present indicative andswereþ third-person singular past indicative andswerede -
answer — answer
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular andwyrde genitive singular andwyrdes dative singular andwyrde accusative singular andwyrde nominative plural andwyrdu genitive plural andwyrda -
answer — answer, reply
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeġncwide genitive singular ġeġncwides dative singular ġeġncwide accusative singular ġeġncwide nominative plural ġeġncwidas genitive plural ġeġncwida -
answer — to answer (+dative who is answered) (+accusative what is said)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative andswariġe first-person singular past indicative andswarode second-person singular present indicative andswarast second-person singular past indicative andswarodest third-person singular present indicative andswaraþ third-person singular past indicative andswarode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “answer” 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 “answer”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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