Modern English → Old English
Old English word for future
5 headwords match “future”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; toweard ranks first.
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future — future
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine tōweard strong nominative singular feminine tōweard strong nominative singular neuter tōweard strong accusative singular masculine tōweardne strong accusative singular feminine tōwearde strong accusative singular neuter tōweard -
future — the future
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tōweardnes genitive singular tōweardnesse dative singular tōweardnesse accusative singular tōweardnesse nominative plural tōweardnessa, tōweardnesse genitive plural tōweardnessa -
future — future tense
- opens the headword's definition
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future — inquiry, especially one pertaining to future events
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular freht genitive singular frehtes dative singular frehte accusative singular freht nominative plural freht genitive plural frehta -
future — sign
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tācn genitive singular tācnes dative singular tācne accusative singular tācn nominative plural tācnu genitive plural tācna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “future” 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 “future”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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