Modern English → Old English
Old English word for few
5 headwords match “few”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; feaw ranks first.
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few — few
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fēaw strong nominative singular feminine fēaw strong nominative singular neuter fēaw strong accusative singular masculine fēawne strong accusative singular feminine fēawe strong accusative singular neuter fēaw -
few — few, little
- opens the headword's definition
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few — little, few
- appears in the definition
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few — small, little
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lȳtel strong nominative singular feminine lȳtelu, lȳtlu, lȳtelo, lȳtlo strong nominative singular neuter lȳtel strong accusative singular masculine lȳtelne strong accusative singular feminine lȳtele, lȳtle strong accusative singular neuter lȳtel -
few — rare, infrequent
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine selden strong nominative singular feminine seldenu, seldnu, seldeno, seldno strong nominative singular neuter selden strong accusative singular masculine seldenne strong accusative singular feminine seldene, seldne strong accusative singular neuter selden
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “few” 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 “few”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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