Modern English → Old English
Old English word for giver
7 headwords match “giver”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; giefa ranks first.
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giver — giver
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġiefa genitive singular ġiefan dative singular ġiefan accusative singular ġiefan nominative plural ġiefan genitive plural ġiefena -
giver — giver, dispenser, distributor
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular brytta genitive singular bryttan dative singular bryttan accusative singular bryttan nominative plural bryttan genitive plural bryttena -
giver — giver of gold, lord
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular goldġiefa genitive singular goldġiefan dative singular goldġiefan accusative singular goldġiefan nominative plural goldġiefan genitive plural goldġiefena -
giver — giver of treasures; generous man/ruler
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular māþmġiefa genitive singular māþmġiefan dative singular māþmġiefan accusative singular māþmġiefan nominative plural māþmġiefan genitive plural māþmġiefena -
giver — a giver
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sellend genitive singular sellendes dative singular sellende accusative singular sellend nominative plural sellend, sellende, sellendas genitive plural sellendra -
giver — light giver
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeondlēohtend genitive singular ġeondlēohtendes dative singular ġeondlēohtende accusative singular ġeondlēohtend nominative plural ġeondlēohtend, ġeondlēohtende, ġeondlēohtendas genitive plural ġeondlēohtendra -
giver — a lord; the giver of treasures to his thanes
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sincġiefa genitive singular sincġiefan dative singular sincġiefan accusative singular sincġiefan nominative plural sincġiefan genitive plural sincġiefena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “giver” 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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