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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for beloved

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

  1. 1

    lufwende

    score 15

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    beloved — beloved

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine lufwende
    strong nominative singular feminine lufwendu, lufwendo
    strong nominative singular neuter lufwende
    strong accusative singular masculine lufwendne
    strong accusative singular feminine lufwende
    strong accusative singular neuter lufwende
  2. 2

    leof

    score 11

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    beloved — dear, beloved

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine lēof
    strong nominative singular feminine lēof
    strong nominative singular neuter lēof
    strong accusative singular masculine lēofne
    strong accusative singular feminine lēofe
    strong accusative singular neuter lēof
  3. 3

    swæs

    score 11

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    beloved — dear, beloved

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine swǣs
    strong nominative singular feminine swǣs
    strong nominative singular neuter swǣs
    strong accusative singular masculine swǣsne
    strong accusative singular feminine swǣse
    strong accusative singular neuter swǣs
  4. 4

    healsgebedda

    score 9

    noun, masculine / feminine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    beloved — bedfellow, consort, lover, beloved

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular healsġebedda
    genitive singular healsġebeddan
    dative singular healsġebeddan
    accusative singular healsġebeddan
    nominative plural healsġebeddan
    genitive plural healsġebeddena
  5. 5

    fæle

    score 8

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    beloved — faithful, trusty, good

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine fǣle
    strong nominative singular feminine fǣlu, fǣlo
    strong nominative singular neuter fǣle
    strong accusative singular masculine fǣlne
    strong accusative singular feminine fǣle
    strong accusative singular neuter fǣle

How this ranking works

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