Modern English → Old English
Old English word for friend
5 headwords match “friend”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; freond ranks first.
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friend — friend
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular frēond genitive singular frēondes dative singular frīend, frēonde accusative singular frēond nominative plural frīend, frēond, frēondas genitive plural frēonda -
friend — friend, loved one
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lēof strong nominative singular feminine lēof strong nominative singular neuter lēof strong accusative singular masculine lēofne strong accusative singular feminine lēofe strong accusative singular neuter lēof -
friend — friend
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wine genitive singular wines dative singular wine accusative singular wine nominative plural winas genitive plural wina -
friend — friend, confidant, protector
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġehola genitive singular ġeholan dative singular ġeholan accusative singular ġeholan nominative plural ġeholan genitive plural ġeholena -
friend — friend of old or former times
- opens the headword's 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
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “friend” 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 “friend”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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