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Old English word for adverse

5 headwords match “adverse”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wiþerræde ranks first.

  1. 1

    wiþerræde

    score 15

    adjective · 11 inflected forms

    adverse — adverse, contrary

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wiþerrǣde
    strong nominative singular feminine wiþerrǣdu, wiþerrǣdo
    strong nominative singular neuter wiþerrǣde
    strong accusative singular masculine wiþerrǣdne
    strong accusative singular feminine wiþerrǣde
    strong accusative singular neuter wiþerrǣde
  2. 2

    þweorh

    score 8

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    adverse — cross, transverse

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine þweorh
    strong nominative singular feminine þweorh
    strong nominative singular neuter þweorh
    strong accusative singular masculine þwēorne
    strong accusative singular feminine þwēore
    strong accusative singular neuter þweorh
  3. 3

    wiþerweard

    score 8

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    adverse — contrary, opposite

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine wiþerweard
    strong nominative singular feminine wiþerweard
    strong nominative singular neuter wiþerweard
    strong accusative singular masculine wiþerweardne
    strong accusative singular feminine wiþerwearde
    strong accusative singular neuter wiþerweard
  4. 4

    wiþhycgan

    score 6

    verb · weak class 3 · 14 inflected forms

    adverse — to have contrary or adverse intent or purpose (to somebody or something)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative wiþhyċġe
    first-person singular past indicative wiþhogde
    second-person singular present indicative wiþhyġst
    second-person singular past indicative wiþhogdest
    third-person singular present indicative wiþhyġþ
    third-person singular past indicative wiþhogde
  5. 5

    wiþhogian

    score 3

    verb

    adverse — to be adverse in thought or purpose

    • appears in the definition
    • verb: derivation noise is possible

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “adverse” 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.

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