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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for footprint

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

  1. 1

    fotlæst

    score 15

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

    footprint — footprint

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fōtlǣst
    genitive singular fōtlǣstes
    dative singular fōtlǣste
    accusative singular fōtlǣst
    nominative plural fōtlǣstas
    genitive plural fōtlǣsta
  2. 2

    fotswæþ

    score 15

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

    footprint — footprint

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular fōtswæþ
    genitive singular fōtswæþes
    dative singular fōtswæþe
    accusative singular fōtswæþ
    nominative plural fōtswaþu
    genitive plural fōtswaþa
  3. 3

    fotmæl

    score 9

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

    footprint — 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
  4. 4

    spor

    score 8

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

    footprint — track, trace

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular spor
    genitive singular spores
    dative singular spore
    accusative singular spor
    nominative plural sporu
    genitive plural spora
  5. 5

    swæþ

    score 8

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

    footprint — track, trace

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular swæþ
    genitive singular swæþes
    dative singular swæþe
    accusative singular swæþ
    nominative plural swaþu
    genitive plural swaþa

How this ranking works

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