Modern English → Old English
Old English word for son
5 headwords match “son”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sunu ranks first.
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son — son, male child
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sunu genitive singular suna dative singular suna accusative singular sunu nominative plural suna genitive plural suna -
son — son
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine maga strong nominative singular feminine mage strong nominative singular neuter mage strong accusative singular masculine magan strong accusative singular feminine magan strong accusative singular neuter mage -
son — son, scion, descendant
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular eafora genitive singular eaforan dative singular eaforan accusative singular eaforan nominative plural eaforan genitive plural eaforena -
son — boy, son
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular magu genitive singular maga dative singular maga accusative singular magu nominative plural maga genitive plural maga -
son — a spiritual son
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gāstsunu genitive singular gāstsuna dative singular gāstsuna accusative singular gāstsunu nominative plural gāstsuna genitive plural gāstsuna
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “son” 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 “son”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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