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Old English word for faith

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

  1. 1

    truw

    score 15

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

    faith — faith

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular trūw
    genitive singular trūwe
    dative singular trūwe
    accusative singular trūwe
    nominative plural trūwa, trūwe
    genitive plural trūwa
  2. 2

    wær

    score 11

    adjective · 22 inflected forms

    faith — truth, faith

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wær
    strong nominative singular feminine waru, waro
    strong nominative singular neuter wær
    strong accusative singular masculine wærne
    strong accusative singular feminine ware
    strong accusative singular neuter wær
  3. 3

    untreow

    score 9

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

    faith — bad faith

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular untrēow
    genitive singular untrēowe
    dative singular untrēowe
    accusative singular untrēowe
    nominative plural untrēowa, untrēowe
    genitive plural untrēowa
  4. 4

    untreowþ

    score 9

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

    faith — perfidy, bad faith

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular untrēowþ
    genitive singular untrēowþe
    dative singular untrēowþe
    accusative singular untrēowþe
    nominative plural untrēowþa, untrēowþe
    genitive plural untrēowþa
  5. 5

    ungetreowþ

    score 9

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

    faith — bad faith

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular unġetrēowþ
    genitive singular unġetrēowþe
    dative singular unġetrēowþe
    accusative singular unġetrēowþe
    nominative plural unġetrēowþa, unġetrēowþe
    genitive plural unġetrēowþa

How this ranking works

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