Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sister
7 headwords match “sister”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; sweostor ranks first.
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sister — sister
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sweostor genitive singular sweostor dative singular sweostor accusative singular sweostor nominative plural ġesweostor, ġesweostra, ġesweostru genitive plural ġesweostra -
sister — aunt (mother's sister)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōme genitive singular mōman dative singular mōman accusative singular mōman nominative plural mōman genitive plural mōmena -
sister — a child of one's sister (sororal niece or sororal nephew)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sweostorbearn genitive singular sweostorbearnes dative singular sweostorbearne accusative singular sweostorbearn nominative plural sweostorbearn genitive plural sweostorbearna -
sister — father's sister, paternal aunt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular faþe genitive singular faþan dative singular faþan accusative singular faþan nominative plural faþan genitive plural faþena -
sister — father's sister, paternal aunt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular faþu genitive singular faþe dative singular faþe accusative singular faþe nominative plural faþa, faþe genitive plural faþa -
sister — mother's sister, maternal aunt
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōdriġe genitive singular mōdriġan dative singular mōdriġan accusative singular mōdriġan nominative plural mōdriġan genitive plural mōdriġena -
sister — foster sister
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sister” 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 “sister”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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