Modern English → Old English
Old English word for feather
4 headwords match “feather”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; feþer ranks first.
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feather — feather
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular feþer genitive singular feþre, feþere dative singular feþre, feþere accusative singular feþre, feþere nominative plural feþra, feþre, feþera, feþere genitive plural feþra, feþera -
feather — wing
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fiþre genitive singular fiþres dative singular fiþre accusative singular fiþre nominative plural fiþru genitive plural fiþera -
feather — to give wings to
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fiþriġe first-person singular past indicative fiþrode second-person singular present indicative fiþrast second-person singular past indicative fiþrodest third-person singular present indicative fiþraþ third-person singular past indicative fiþrode -
feather — bearing feathers; feathered
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fiþerbǣre strong nominative singular feminine fiþerbǣru, fiþerbǣro strong nominative singular neuter fiþerbǣre strong accusative singular masculine fiþerbǣrne strong accusative singular feminine fiþerbǣre strong accusative singular neuter fiþerbǣre
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “feather” 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 “feather”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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