Modern English → Old English
Old English word for former
5 headwords match “former”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; fyrn ranks first.
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former — former
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fyrn strong nominative singular feminine fyrn strong nominative singular neuter fyrn strong accusative singular masculine fyrne strong accusative singular feminine fyrne strong accusative singular neuter fyrn -
former — early, previous, former
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ǣr strong nominative singular feminine ǣr strong nominative singular neuter ǣr strong accusative singular masculine ǣrne strong accusative singular feminine ǣre strong accusative singular neuter ǣr -
former — friend of old or former times
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeōwine genitive singular ġeōwines dative singular ġeōwine accusative singular ġeōwine nominative plural ġeōwinas genitive plural ġeōwina -
former — forward, fore, former, early, prior
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine foreweard strong nominative singular feminine foreweard strong nominative singular neuter foreweard strong accusative singular masculine foreweardne strong accusative singular feminine forewearde strong accusative singular neuter foreweard -
former — before, early, former, past, pre-
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “former” 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 “former”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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