Modern English → Old English
Old English word for brother
5 headwords match “brother”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; broþor ranks first.
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brother — brother
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brōþor genitive singular brōþor dative singular brēþer accusative singular brōþor nominative plural brōþor, ġebrōþor, brōþra, ġebrōþra, brōþru, ġebrōþru genitive plural brōþra, ġebrōþra -
brother — brother murder, fratricide
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brōþorcwealm genitive singular brōþorcwealmes dative singular brōþorcwealme accusative singular brōþorcwealm nominative plural brōþorcwealmas genitive plural brōþorcwealma -
brother — younger brother
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōia genitive singular bōian dative singular bōian accusative singular bōian nominative plural bōian genitive plural bōiena -
brother — younger brother
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bōla genitive singular bōlan dative singular bōlan accusative singular bōlan nominative plural bōlan genitive plural bōlena -
brother — husband's brother, brother-in-law
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tācor genitive singular tācores dative singular tācore accusative singular tācor nominative plural tācoras genitive plural tācora
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “brother” 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 “brother”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
Candidates derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Each entry links to its source page. · CC BY-SA 4.0 and attribution · CC BY-SA 4.0