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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for founder

2 headwords match “founder”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; staþoliend ranks first.

  1. 1

    staþoliend

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong nd-stem · 6 inflected forms

    founder — founder

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular staþoliend
    genitive singular staþoliendes
    dative singular staþoliende
    accusative singular staþoliend
    nominative plural staþoliend, staþoliende, staþoliendas
    genitive plural staþoliendra
  2. 2

    gestaþoliend

    score 11

    noun, masculine · strong nd-stem · 6 inflected forms

    founder — a founder, establisher

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġestaþoliend
    genitive singular ġestaþoliendes
    dative singular ġestaþoliende
    accusative singular ġestaþoliend
    nominative plural ġestaþoliend, ġestaþoliende, ġestaþoliendas
    genitive plural ġestaþoliendra

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “founder” 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.

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