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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for friendship

5 headwords match “friendship”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; freondsciepe ranks first.

  1. 1

    freondsciepe

    score 24

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    friendship — friendship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular frēondsċiepe
    genitive singular frēondsċiepes
    dative singular frēondsċiepe
    accusative singular frēondsċiepe
    nominative plural frēondsċiepas
    genitive plural frēondsċiepa
  2. 2

    winescipe

    score 15

    noun, masculine · strong ja-stem · 5 inflected forms

    friendship — friendship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular winesċipe
    genitive singular winesċipes
    dative singular winesċipe
    accusative singular winesċipe
    nominative plural winesċipas
    genitive plural winesċipa
  3. 3

    freondræden

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    friendship — friendship

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular frēondrǣden
    genitive singular frēondrǣdenne
    dative singular frēondrǣdenne
    accusative singular frēondrǣdenne
    nominative plural frēondrǣdenna, frēondrǣdenne
    genitive plural frēondrǣdenna
  4. 4

    wær

    score 8

    adjective · 22 inflected forms

    friendship — truth, faith

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wær
    strong nominative singular feminine waru, waro
    strong nominative singular neuter wær
    strong accusative singular masculine wærne
    strong accusative singular feminine ware
    strong accusative singular neuter wær
  5. 5

    freod

    score 8

    noun, feminine · strong ō-stem · 4 inflected forms

    friendship — peace, frith

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular frēod
    genitive singular frēode
    dative singular frēode
    accusative singular frēode
    nominative plural frēoda, frēode
    genitive plural frēoda

How this ranking works

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