Modern English → Old English
Old English word for mother
5 headwords match “mother”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; modor ranks first.
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mother — mother
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōdor genitive singular mōdor, mēder dative singular mēder accusative singular mōdor nominative plural mōdra, mōdru genitive plural mōdra -
mother — mother
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ācennaniċġe genitive singular ācennaniċġan dative singular ācennaniċġan accusative singular ācennaniċġan nominative plural ācennaniċġan genitive plural ācennaniċġena -
mother — one who gives birth, mother
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cenniċġe genitive singular cenniċġan dative singular cenniċġan accusative singular cenniċġan nominative plural cenniċġan genitive plural cenniċġena -
mother — love for one's mother
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōdorlufu genitive singular mōdorlufe dative singular mōdorlufe accusative singular mōdorlufe nominative plural mōdorlufa, mōdorlufe genitive plural mōdorlufa -
mother — monastery, nunnery, mother church, cathedral
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mynster genitive singular mynstres dative singular mynstre accusative singular mynster nominative plural mynster, mynstru genitive plural mynstra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “mother” 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 “mother”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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