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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for friendless

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

  1. 1

    freondleas

    score 24

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    friendless — friendless

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine frēondlēas
    strong nominative singular feminine frēondlēas
    strong nominative singular neuter frēondlēas
    strong accusative singular masculine frēondlēasne
    strong accusative singular feminine frēondlēase
    strong accusative singular neuter frēondlēas
  2. 2

    wineleas

    score 15

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    friendless — friendless

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine winelēas
    strong nominative singular feminine winelēas
    strong nominative singular neuter winelēas
    strong accusative singular masculine winelēasne
    strong accusative singular feminine winelēase
    strong accusative singular neuter winelēas

How this ranking works

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

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