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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for later

10 headwords match “later”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; yferra ranks first.

  1. 1

    yferra

    score 8

    adjective · 5 inflected forms

    later — upper, higher

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine yferra
    strong nominative singular feminine yferre
    strong nominative singular neuter yferre
    strong accusative singular masculine yferran
    strong accusative singular feminine yferran
    strong accusative singular neuter yferre
  2. 2

    lator

    score 6

    adverb

    later — comparative degree of late; later

    • appears in the definition
  3. 3

    monaþ

    score 6

    noun, masculine · strong consonant stem · 9 inflected forms

    later — month

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular mōnaþ
    genitive singular mōnaþes, mōnþes
    dative singular mōnaþ, mōnþe
    accusative singular mōnaþ
    nominative plural mōnaþ, mōnþas
    genitive plural mōnaþa, mōnþa
  4. 4

    ær oþþe lator

    score 6

    adverb

    later — sooner or later

    • appears in the definition
  5. 5

    be

    score 5

    preposition

    later — about (concerning)

  6. 6

    bi

    score 5

    preposition

    later — about (concerning)

  7. 7

    siþ

    score 5

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    later — late

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine sīþ
    strong nominative singular feminine sīþ
    strong nominative singular neuter sīþ
    strong accusative singular masculine sīþne
    strong accusative singular feminine sīþe
    strong accusative singular neuter sīþ
  8. 8

    ufor

    score 5

    adverb

    later — higher (locally)

  9. 9

    æfter-

    score 5

    prefix

    later — after, behind

  10. 10

    -as

    score 4

    suffix

    later — Plural ending of nominative and accusative cases, originally of a-stem masculine nouns, la

How this ranking works

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

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