Modern English → Old English
Old English word for forest
5 headwords match “forest”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fyrhþ ranks first.
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forest — forest, wooded country
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fyrhþ genitive singular fyrhþes, fyrhþe dative singular fyrhþe accusative singular fyrhþ, fyrhþe nominative plural fyrhþ, fyrhþa, fyrhþe genitive plural fyrhþa -
forest — forest
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine weald strong nominative singular feminine weald strong nominative singular neuter weald strong accusative singular masculine wealdne strong accusative singular feminine wealde strong accusative singular neuter weald -
forest — forest, wooded country
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fyrhþe genitive singular fyrhþes, fyrhþan dative singular fyrhþe, fyrhþan accusative singular fyrhþe, fyrhþan nominative plural fyrhþu, fyrhþan genitive plural fyrhþa, fyrhþena -
forest — oak forest, oak wood
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ācholt genitive singular ācholtes dative singular ācholte accusative singular ācholt nominative plural ācholtas genitive plural ācholta -
forest — a wooded land; woodland; forest
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wuduland genitive singular wudulandes dative singular wudulande accusative singular wuduland nominative plural wuduland genitive plural wudulanda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “forest” 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 “forest”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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