Modern English → Old English
Old English word for beautiful
5 headwords match “beautiful”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fæger ranks first.
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beautiful — beautiful
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fæġer strong nominative singular feminine fæġer strong nominative singular neuter fæġer strong accusative singular masculine fæġerne strong accusative singular feminine fæġere strong accusative singular neuter fæġer -
beautiful — beautiful, fair, bright
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sċīene strong nominative singular feminine sċīenu, sċīeno strong nominative singular neuter sċīene strong accusative singular masculine sċīenne strong accusative singular feminine sċīene strong accusative singular neuter sċīene -
beautiful — beautiful, fair
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wlitiġ strong nominative singular feminine wlitiġ strong nominative singular neuter wlitiġ strong accusative singular masculine wlitiġne strong accusative singular feminine wlitiġe strong accusative singular neuter wlitiġ -
beautiful — beautiful, fair
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hīwfæst strong nominative singular feminine hīwfæst strong nominative singular neuter hīwfæst strong accusative singular masculine hīwfæstne strong accusative singular feminine hīwfæste strong accusative singular neuter hīwfæst -
beautiful — beautiful
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wlitebeorht strong nominative singular feminine wlitebeorht strong nominative singular neuter wlitebeorht strong accusative singular masculine wlitebeorhtne strong accusative singular feminine wlitebeorhte strong accusative singular neuter wlitebeorht
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “beautiful” 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 “beautiful”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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