Modern English → Old English
Old English word for free
5 headwords match “free”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; freo ranks first.
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free — free, at liberty; exempt
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine frēo strong nominative singular feminine frēo strong nominative singular neuter frēo strong accusative singular masculine frēone strong accusative singular feminine frēo strong accusative singular neuter frēo -
free — to free, to liberate
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative frēo first-person singular past indicative frēode second-person singular present indicative frēost second-person singular past indicative frēodest third-person singular present indicative frēoþ third-person singular past indicative frēode -
free — free (without cost)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unċīepe strong nominative singular feminine unċīepu, unċīepo strong nominative singular neuter unċīepe strong accusative singular masculine unċīepne strong accusative singular feminine unċīepe strong accusative singular neuter unċīepe -
free — free, freeborn, noble, ingenuous, comely, goodly
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine frēolīċ strong nominative singular feminine frēolīċ, frēolīċu, frēolīċo strong nominative singular neuter frēolīċ strong accusative singular masculine frēolīcne strong accusative singular feminine frēolīċe strong accusative singular neuter frēolīċ -
free — free or noble kinsman
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular frēomǣġ genitive singular frēomǣġes dative singular frēomǣġe accusative singular frēomǣġ nominative plural frēomāgas genitive plural frēomāga
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “free” 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 “free”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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