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Old English word for enmity

5 headwords match “enmity”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fæhþu ranks first.

  1. 1

    fæhþu

    score 15

    noun, feminine · 4 inflected forms

    enmity — enmity, hostility

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fǣhþu
    genitive singular fǣhþu, fǣhþe
    dative singular fǣhþu, fǣhþe
    accusative singular fǣhþu, fǣhþe
    nominative plural fǣhþu, fǣhþa, fǣhþe
    genitive plural fǣhþu, fǣhþe
  2. 2

    feondræden

    score 15

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

    enmity — enmity

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fēondrǣden
    genitive singular fēondrǣdenne
    dative singular fēondrǣdenne
    accusative singular fēondrǣdenne
    nominative plural fēondrǣdenna, fēondrǣdenne
    genitive plural fēondrǣdenna
  3. 3

    fæhþ

    score 12

    noun, feminine

    enmity — enmity, hostility, feud

    • opens the headword's definition
  4. 4

    feondsciepe

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    enmity — hostility, enmity

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fēondsċiepe
    genitive singular fēondsċiepes
    dative singular fēondsċiepe
    accusative singular fēondsċiepe
    nominative plural fēondsċiepas
    genitive plural fēondsċiepa
  5. 5

    anda

    score 9

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    enmity — envy, jealousy; a grudge, enmity

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular anda
    genitive singular andan
    dative singular andan
    accusative singular andan
    nominative plural andan
    genitive plural andena

How this ranking works

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