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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for fiddler

2 headwords match “fiddler”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fiþelere ranks first.

  1. 1

    fiþelere

    score 22

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    fiddler — fiddler, especially a male one

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fiþelere
    genitive singular fiþeleres
    dative singular fiþelere
    accusative singular fiþelere
    nominative plural fiþeleras
    genitive plural fiþelera
  2. 2

    fiþelestre

    score 11

    noun, feminine · weak n-stem · 4 inflected forms

    fiddler — a female fiddler

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fiþelestre
    genitive singular fiþelestran
    dative singular fiþelestran
    accusative singular fiþelestran
    nominative plural fiþelestran
    genitive plural fiþelestrena

How this ranking works

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