Modern English → Old English
Old English word for scholar
5 headwords match “scholar”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; scolere ranks first.
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scholar — a scholar; learner
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular scōlere genitive singular scōleres dative singular scōlere accusative singular scōlere nominative plural scōleras genitive plural scōlera -
scholar — scholar, pupil, disciple
- opens the headword's definition
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scholar — A learner, pupil, scholar, student, disciple.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular leornungmann genitive singular leornungmannes dative singular leornungmenn accusative singular leornungmann nominative plural leornungmenn genitive plural leornungmanna -
scholar — philosopher
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ūþwita genitive singular ūþwitan dative singular ūþwitan accusative singular ūþwitan nominative plural ūþwitan genitive plural ūþwitena -
scholar — student
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular leornere genitive singular leorneres dative singular leornere accusative singular leornere nominative plural leorneras genitive plural leornera
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “scholar” 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 “scholar”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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