Modern English → Old English
Old English word for foreign
5 headwords match “foreign”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; elfremd ranks first.
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foreign — foreign, strange
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine elfremd strong nominative singular feminine elfremd strong nominative singular neuter elfremd strong accusative singular masculine elfremdne strong accusative singular feminine elfremde strong accusative singular neuter elfremd -
foreign — foreign travel
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wræcsīþ genitive singular wræcsīþes dative singular wræcsīþe accusative singular wræcsīþ nominative plural wræcsīþas genitive plural wræcsīþa -
foreign — foreign, strange
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine elþēodiġ strong nominative singular feminine elþēodiġu, elþēodġu, elþēodiġo, elþēodġo strong nominative singular neuter elþēodiġ strong accusative singular masculine elþēodiġne strong accusative singular feminine elþēodiġe, elþēodġe strong accusative singular neuter elþēodiġ -
foreign — foreign war
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ūtġefeoht genitive singular ūtġefeohtes dative singular ūtġefeohte accusative singular ūtġefeoht nominative plural ūtġefeoht genitive plural ūtġefeohta -
foreign — foreign country or nation; foreigners collectively
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular elþēod genitive singular elþēode dative singular elþēode accusative singular elþēode nominative plural elþēoda, elþēode genitive plural elþēoda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “foreign” 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 “foreign”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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