Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dear
5 headwords match “dear”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; leof ranks first.
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dear — dear, beloved
- opens the headword's 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 -
dear — dear, beloved
- opens the headword's 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 -
dear — dear companion
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wilġesīþ genitive singular wilġesīþes dative singular wilġesīþe accusative singular wilġesīþ nominative plural wilġesīþas genitive plural wilġesīþa -
dear — lovable, dear, desirable, estimable, grateful, pleasant, gracious
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lēoftǣle strong nominative singular feminine lēoftǣlu, lēoftǣlo strong nominative singular neuter lēoftǣle strong accusative singular masculine lēoftǣlne strong accusative singular feminine lēoftǣle strong accusative singular neuter lēoftǣle -
dear — 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 “dear” 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 “dear”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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