Modern English → Old English
Old English word for early
5 headwords match “early”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ærlic ranks first.
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early — early
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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early — early
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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early — early, previous, former
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ǣr strong nominative singular feminine ǣr strong nominative singular neuter ǣr strong accusative singular masculine ǣrne strong accusative singular feminine ǣre strong accusative singular neuter ǣr -
early — early
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ǣrne strong nominative singular feminine ǣrnu, ǣrno strong nominative singular neuter ǣrne strong accusative singular masculine ǣrne strong accusative singular feminine ǣrne strong accusative singular neuter ǣrne -
early — born early; premature
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine samboren strong nominative singular feminine samboren strong nominative singular neuter samboren strong accusative singular masculine samborenne strong accusative singular feminine samborene strong accusative singular neuter samboren
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “early” 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 “early”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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