Modern English → Old English
Old English word for truth
5 headwords match “truth”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; treowþ ranks first.
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truth — truth, good faith, honour
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular trēowþ genitive singular trēowþe dative singular trēowþe accusative singular trēowþe nominative plural trēowþa, trēowþe genitive plural trēowþa -
truth — truth
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sōþ strong nominative singular feminine sōþ strong nominative singular neuter sōþ strong accusative singular masculine sōþne strong accusative singular feminine sōþe strong accusative singular neuter sōþ -
truth — truth, faith
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wær strong nominative singular feminine waru, waro strong nominative singular neuter wær strong accusative singular masculine wærne strong accusative singular feminine ware strong accusative singular neuter wær -
truth — truth
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sōþfæstnes genitive singular sōþfæstnesse dative singular sōþfæstnesse accusative singular sōþfæstnesse nominative plural sōþfæstnessa, sōþfæstnesse genitive plural sōþfæstnessa -
truth — the "king of truth;" God
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sōþcyning genitive singular sōþcyninges dative singular sōþcyninge accusative singular sōþcyning
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “truth” 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 “truth”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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