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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for foot

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

  1. 1

    fot

    score 18

    noun, masculine · strong consonant stem · 5 inflected forms

    foot — a foot, in the following senses:

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fōt
    genitive singular fōtes
    dative singular fēt
    accusative singular fōt
    nominative plural fēt
    genitive plural fōta
  2. 2

    feþemann

    score 13

    noun, masculine · strong consonant stem · 5 inflected forms

    foot — foot soldier

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fēþemann
    genitive singular fēþemannes
    dative singular fēþemenn
    accusative singular fēþemann
    nominative plural fēþemenn
    genitive plural fēþemanna
  3. 3

    ile

    score 9

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

    foot — the sole of the foot

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ile
    genitive singular iles
    dative singular ile
    accusative singular ile
    nominative plural ilas
    genitive plural ila
  4. 4

    fotmæl

    score 9

    noun, neuter · strong a-stem · 5 inflected forms

    foot — the mark left by a foot, footprint

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fōtmǣl
    genitive singular fōtmǣles
    dative singular fōtmǣle
    accusative singular fōtmǣl
    nominative plural fōtmǣl
    genitive plural fōtmǣla
  5. 5

    tredel

    score 8

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

    foot — step

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular tredel
    genitive singular tredeles
    dative singular tredele
    accusative singular tredel
    nominative plural tredelas
    genitive plural tredela

How this ranking works

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

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