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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for fellow

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

  1. 1

    efncempa

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fellow — fellow soldier

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular efncempa
    genitive singular efncempan
    dative singular efncempan
    accusative singular efncempan
    nominative plural efncempan
    genitive plural efncempena
  2. 2

    campgefera

    score 15

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fellow — fellow soldier, brother-in-arms

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular campġefera
    genitive singular campġeferan
    dative singular campġeferan
    accusative singular campġeferan
    nominative plural campġeferan
    genitive plural campġeferena
  3. 3

    feolaga

    score 12

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fellow — companion, partner, colleague

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fēolaga
    genitive singular fēolagan
    dative singular fēolagan
    accusative singular fēolagan
    nominative plural fēolagan
    genitive plural fēolagena
  4. 4

    eaxlgestealla

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fellow — comrade, fellow warrior

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular eaxlġestealla
    genitive singular eaxlġesteallan
    dative singular eaxlġesteallan
    accusative singular eaxlġesteallan
    nominative plural eaxlġesteallan
    genitive plural eaxlġesteallena
  5. 5

    gefara

    score 9

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fellow — companion, fellow traveler

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġefara
    genitive singular ġefaran
    dative singular ġefaran
    accusative singular ġefaran
    nominative plural ġefaran
    genitive plural ġefarena

How this ranking works

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