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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for confidence

4 headwords match “confidence”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; getruwung ranks first.

  1. 1

    getruwung

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    confidence — confidence, trust

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġetrūwung
    genitive singular ġetrūwunge
    dative singular ġetrūwunge
    accusative singular ġetrūwunge
    nominative plural ġetrūwunga, ġetrūwunge
    genitive plural ġetrūwunga
  2. 2

    bieldu

    score 11

    noun, feminine · strong īn-stem · 4 inflected forms

    confidence — boldness, confidence

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bieldu
    genitive singular bieldu, bielde
    dative singular bieldu, bielde
    accusative singular bieldu, bielde
    nominative plural bieldu, bielde
    genitive plural bielda
  3. 3

    ortreowe

    score 11

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    confidence — without confidence; distrustful

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine ortrēowe
    strong nominative singular feminine ortrēowu, ortrēowo
    strong nominative singular neuter ortrēowe
    strong accusative singular masculine ortrēowne
    strong accusative singular feminine ortrēowe
    strong accusative singular neuter ortrēowe
  4. 4

    tohyht

    score 8

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    confidence — hope

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tōhyht
    genitive singular tōhyhtes
    dative singular tōhyhte
    accusative singular tōhyht
    nominative plural tōhyhtas
    genitive plural tōhyhta

How this ranking works

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