Modern English → Old English
Old English word for goddess
5 headwords match “goddess”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gyden ranks first.
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goddess — goddess
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gyden genitive singular gydenne dative singular gydenne accusative singular gydenne nominative plural gydenna, gydenne genitive plural gydenna -
goddess — The goddess Easter
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular Ēostre genitive singular Ēostran dative singular Ēostran accusative singular Ēostran -
goddess — a female ruler, a female endued with power
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular rīċen genitive singular rīċenne dative singular rīċenne accusative singular rīċenne nominative plural rīċenna, rīċenne genitive plural rīċenna -
goddess — Diana (Roman goddess)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Diana genitive singular Dianan dative singular Dianan accusative singular Dianan -
goddess — Frigg, the Germanic goddess of love, wife of Odin (Old English Wōden).
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- proper noun
Paradigm summary nominative singular Frīġ genitive singular Frīġe dative singular Frīġe accusative singular Frīġe
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “goddess” 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 “goddess”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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