Modern English → Old English
Old English word for apostle
8 headwords match “apostle”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; postol ranks first.
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apostle — apostle
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular postol genitive singular postoles dative singular postole accusative singular postol nominative plural postolas genitive plural postola -
apostle — apostle
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular apostol genitive singular apostoles dative singular apostole accusative singular apostol nominative plural apostolas genitive plural apostola -
apostle — a native preacher, apostle of a country
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēþelboda genitive singular ēþelbodan dative singular ēþelbodan accusative singular ēþelbodan nominative plural ēþelbodan genitive plural ēþelbodena -
apostle — chief apostle (St. Peter)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdorapostol genitive singular ealdorapostoles dative singular ealdorapostole accusative singular ealdorapostol -
apostle — messenger
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣrendraca genitive singular ǣrendracan dative singular ǣrendracan accusative singular ǣrendracan nominative plural ǣrendracan genitive plural ǣrendracena -
apostle — messenger, ambassador
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣrendwreca genitive singular ǣrendwrecan dative singular ǣrendwrecan accusative singular ǣrendwrecan nominative plural ǣrendwrecan genitive plural ǣrendwrecena -
apostle — Mark the Apostle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Marcus genitive singular Marces dative singular Marce accusative singular Marcus -
apostle — Matthew the apostle
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Mathēus genitive singular Mathēī dative singular Matheō accusative singular Mathēum
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “apostle” 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 “apostle”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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