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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for fighter

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

  1. 1

    feohtere

    score 24

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

    fighter — fighter, warrior

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular feohtere
    genitive singular feohteres
    dative singular feohtere
    accusative singular feohtere
    nominative plural feohteras
    genitive plural feohtera
  2. 2

    feohtling

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong a-stem · 6 inflected forms

    fighter — fighter

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular feohtling
    genitive singular feohtlinges
    dative singular feohtlinge
    accusative singular feohtling
    nominative plural feohtlingas
    genitive plural feohtlinga
  3. 3

    wiga

    score 11

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fighter — warrior, fighter

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wiga
    genitive singular wigan
    dative singular wigan
    accusative singular wigan
    nominative plural wigan
    genitive plural wigena
  4. 4

    beatere

    score 11

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

    fighter — beater, fighter, champion

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular bēatere
    genitive singular bēateres
    dative singular bēatere
    accusative singular bēatere
    nominative plural bēateras
    genitive plural bēatera
  5. 5

    aglæca

    score 9

    noun, masculine · weak · 4 inflected forms

    fighter — an awesome or formidable opponent, ferocious fighter

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular āglǣċa
    genitive singular āglǣċan
    dative singular āglǣċan
    accusative singular āglǣċan
    nominative plural āglǣċan
    genitive plural āglǣċena

How this ranking works

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