Modern English → Old English
Old English word for family
5 headwords match “family”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; mægþ ranks first.
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family — family, kindred
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mǣġþ genitive singular mǣġþe dative singular mǣġþe accusative singular mǣġþe nominative plural mǣġþa, mǣġþe genitive plural mǣġþa -
family — family, household
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hīred genitive singular hīredes dative singular hīrede accusative singular hīred nominative plural hīredas genitive plural hīreda -
family — family, household
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hīwrǣden genitive singular hīwrǣdenne dative singular hīwrǣdenne accusative singular hīwrǣdenne nominative plural hīwrǣdenna, hīwrǣdenne genitive plural hīwrǣdenna -
family — family, household
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hūsrǣden genitive singular hūsrǣdenne dative singular hūsrǣdenne accusative singular hūsrǣdenne nominative plural hūsrǣdenna, hūsrǣdenne genitive plural hūsrǣdenna -
family — elder, parent, head of a family; senior man
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ealdor genitive singular ealdres dative singular ealdre accusative singular ealdor nominative plural ealdras genitive plural ealdra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “family” 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 “family”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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