Modern English → Old English
Old English word for eve
5 headwords match “eve”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; Efe ranks first.
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eve — Eve (the first woman in the Bible)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Ēfe genitive singular Ēfan dative singular Ēfan accusative singular Ēfan -
eve — evening
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣfen genitive singular ǣfennes dative singular ǣfenne accusative singular ǣfen nominative plural ǣfennas genitive plural ǣfenna -
eve — Christmas Eve
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġēolǣfen, ġeōlǣfen genitive singular ġēolǣfennes, ġeōlǣfennes dative singular ġēolǣfenne, ġeōlǣfenne accusative singular ġēolǣfen, ġeōlǣfen nominative plural ġēolǣfennas, ġeōlǣfennas genitive plural ġēolǣfenna, ġeōlǣfenna -
eve — Eve (the first woman in the Bible)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Ēua genitive singular Ēuan dative singular Ēuan accusative singular Ēuan -
eve — Christmas Eve (day before Christmas)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular Cristes mæsseǣfen genitive singular Cristes mæsseǣfennes dative singular Cristes mæsseǣfenne accusative singular Cristes mæsseǣfen nominative plural Cristes mæsseǣfennas genitive plural Cristes mæsseǣfenna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “eve” 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 “eve”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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