Modern English → Old English
Old English word for spider
7 headwords match “spider”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; spiþra ranks first.
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spider — spider
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular spīþra genitive singular spīþran dative singular spīþran accusative singular spīþran nominative plural spīþran genitive plural spīþrena -
spider — spider
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular rēnġe genitive singular rēnġan dative singular rēnġan accusative singular rēnġan nominative plural rēnġan genitive plural rēnġena -
spider — spider
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ātorcoppe genitive singular ātorcoppan dative singular ātorcoppan accusative singular ātorcoppan nominative plural ātorcoppan genitive plural ātorcoppena -
spider — spider (perhaps also flea)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular loppe genitive singular loppan dative singular loppan accusative singular loppan nominative plural loppan genitive plural loppena -
spider — a spider or spiderweb
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ātorloppe genitive singular ātorloppan dative singular ātorloppan accusative singular ātorloppan nominative plural ātorloppan genitive plural ātorloppena -
spider — water spider
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wæterbucca genitive singular wæterbuccan dative singular wæterbuccan accusative singular wæterbuccan nominative plural wæterbuccan genitive plural wæterbuccena -
spider — hunter
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hunta genitive singular huntan dative singular huntan accusative singular huntan nominative plural huntan genitive plural huntena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “spider” 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 “spider”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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