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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for faithfulness

3 headwords match “faithfulness”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; holdræden ranks first.

  1. 1

    holdræden

    score 15

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

    faithfulness — faithfulness, loyalty

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular holdrǣden
    genitive singular holdrǣdenne
    dative singular holdrǣdenne
    accusative singular holdrǣdenne
    nominative plural holdrǣdenna, holdrǣdenne
    genitive plural holdrǣdenna
  2. 2

    treow

    score 11

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    faithfulness — loyalty, faithfulness

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular trēow
    genitive singular trēowes
    dative singular trēowe
    accusative singular trēow
    nominative plural trēowu
    genitive plural trēowa
  3. 3

    treownes

    score 9

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

    faithfulness — fidelity, faithfulness, trueness, loyalty

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular trēownes
    genitive singular trēownesse
    dative singular trēownesse
    accusative singular trēownesse
    nominative plural trēownessa, trēownesse
    genitive plural trēownessa

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “faithfulness” 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 “faithfulness”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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