Modern English → Old English
Old English word for forward
5 headwords match “forward”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; foreweard ranks first.
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forward — forward, fore, former, early, prior
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- 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 -
forward — forward, firm, bold, stout, resolute
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fram strong nominative singular feminine framu, framo strong nominative singular neuter fram strong accusative singular masculine framne strong accusative singular feminine frame strong accusative singular neuter fram -
forward — forward to, up to
- opens the headword's definition
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forward — moving forward: advancing, progressing
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine forþgenġe strong nominative singular feminine forþgenġu, forþgenġo strong nominative singular neuter forþgenġe strong accusative singular masculine forþgenġne strong accusative singular feminine forþgenġe strong accusative singular neuter forþgenġe -
forward — front, forward part
- 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 “forward” 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 “forward”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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