Modern English → Old English
Old English word for father
5 headwords match “father”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fæder ranks first.
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father — father
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fæder genitive singular fæder, fæderes dative singular fæder, fædere accusative singular fæder nominative plural fæderas genitive plural fædera -
father — father; fatherly, paternal, ancestral
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fæderlīċ strong nominative singular feminine fæderlīċ, fæderlīċu, fæderlīċo strong nominative singular neuter fæderlīċ strong accusative singular masculine fæderlīcne strong accusative singular feminine fæderlīċe strong accusative singular neuter fæderlīċ -
father — paternal; (relational) father
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fæderen strong nominative singular feminine fæderen strong nominative singular neuter fæderen strong accusative singular masculine fæderenne strong accusative singular feminine fæderene strong accusative singular neuter fæderen -
father — a promoter, producer; father, progenitor
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular īeċend genitive singular īeċendes dative singular īeċende accusative singular īeċend nominative plural īeċend, īeċende, īeċendas genitive plural īeċendra -
father — foster father
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fōstorfæder genitive singular fōstorfæder, fōstorfæderes dative singular fōstorfæder, fōstorfædere accusative singular fōstorfæder nominative plural fōstorfæderas genitive plural fōstorfædera
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “father” 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 “father”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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