Modern English → Old English
Old English word for stranger
5 headwords match “stranger”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; giest ranks first.
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stranger — stranger
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġiest genitive singular ġiestes dative singular ġieste accusative singular ġiest nominative plural ġiestas genitive plural ġiesta -
stranger — guest
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cuma genitive singular cuman dative singular cuman accusative singular cuman nominative plural cuman genitive plural cumena -
stranger — strange
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fremde strong nominative singular feminine fremdu, fremdo strong nominative singular neuter fremde strong accusative singular masculine fremdne strong accusative singular feminine fremde strong accusative singular neuter fremde -
stranger — foreign, strange
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine elþēodiġ strong nominative singular feminine elþēodiġu, elþēodġu, elþēodiġo, elþēodġo strong nominative singular neuter elþēodiġ strong accusative singular masculine elþēodiġne strong accusative singular feminine elþēodiġe, elþēodġe strong accusative singular neuter elþēodiġ -
stranger — the entertainment of strangers; hospitality
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cumfeorm genitive singular cumfeormes dative singular cumfeorme accusative singular cumfeorm nominative plural cumfeormas genitive plural cumfeorma
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “stranger” 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 “stranger”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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