Modern English → Old English
Old English word for comfort
5 headwords match “comfort”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; frofor ranks first.
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comfort — comfort, consolation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular frōfor genitive singular frōfre dative singular frōfre accusative singular frōfre nominative plural frōfra, frōfre genitive plural frōfra -
comfort — ease, comfort
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sōftnes genitive singular sōftnesse dative singular sōftnesse accusative singular sōftnesse nominative plural sōftnessa, sōftnesse genitive plural sōftnessa -
comfort — to comfort, console
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġefrēfre first-person singular past indicative ġefrēfrede second-person singular present indicative ġefrēfrest second-person singular past indicative ġefrēfredest third-person singular present indicative ġefrēfreþ third-person singular past indicative ġefrēfrede -
comfort — to comfort, console, soothe
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative frēfre first-person singular past indicative frēfrede second-person singular present indicative frēfrest second-person singular past indicative frēfredest third-person singular present indicative frēfreþ third-person singular past indicative frēfrede -
comfort — to console, comfort, soothe
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfrēfre first-person singular past indicative āfrēfrede second-person singular present indicative āfrēfrest second-person singular past indicative āfrēfredest third-person singular present indicative āfrēfreþ third-person singular past indicative āfrēfrede
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “comfort” 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 “comfort”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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