Modern English → Old English
Old English word for foundation
5 headwords match “foundation”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; staþol ranks first.
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foundation — foundation, establishment
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular staþol genitive singular staþoles dative singular staþole accusative singular staþol nominative plural staþolas genitive plural staþola -
foundation — foundation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular grundweall genitive singular grundwealles dative singular grundwealle accusative singular grundweall nominative plural grundweallas genitive plural grundwealla -
foundation — foundation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular staþolfæstnung genitive singular staþolfæstnunge dative singular staþolfæstnunge accusative singular staþolfæstnunge nominative plural staþolfæstnunga, staþolfæstnunge genitive plural staþolfæstnunga -
foundation — bottom; foundation
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular botm genitive singular botmes dative singular botme accusative singular botm nominative plural botmas genitive plural botma -
foundation — constitution, frame, foundation
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġesteal genitive singular ġesteales dative singular ġesteale accusative singular ġesteal nominative plural ġesteal genitive plural ġesteala
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “foundation” 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 “foundation”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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