Modern English → Old English
Old English word for afraid
10 headwords match “afraid”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; acolmod ranks first.
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afraid — afraid, frightened
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ācolmōd strong nominative singular feminine ācolmōd strong nominative singular neuter ācolmōd strong accusative singular masculine ācolmōdne strong accusative singular feminine ācolmōde strong accusative singular neuter ācolmōd -
afraid — fearful, afraid; timid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine forht strong nominative singular feminine forht strong nominative singular neuter forht strong accusative singular masculine forhtne strong accusative singular feminine forhte strong accusative singular neuter forht -
afraid — frightful, afraid
- appears in the definition
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afraid — to terrify, make greatly afraid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfǣre first-person singular past indicative āfǣrde second-person singular present indicative āfǣrest, āfǣrst second-person singular past indicative āfǣrdest third-person singular present indicative āfǣreþ, āfǣrþ third-person singular past indicative āfǣrde -
afraid — to make afraid, dismay
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āblyċġe first-person singular past indicative āblyġde second-person singular present indicative āblyġst second-person singular past indicative āblyġdest third-person singular present indicative āblyġþ third-person singular past indicative āblyġde -
afraid — to be afraid, to tremble
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forhtiġe first-person singular past indicative forhtode second-person singular present indicative forhtast second-person singular past indicative forhtodest third-person singular present indicative forhtaþ third-person singular past indicative forhtode -
afraid — to be or become afraid, frightened
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āforhtiġe first-person singular past indicative āforhtode second-person singular present indicative āforhtast second-person singular past indicative āforhtodest third-person singular present indicative āforhtaþ third-person singular past indicative āforhtode -
afraid — to sit up
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āsitte first-person singular past indicative āsæt second-person singular present indicative āsitst second-person singular past indicative āsǣte third-person singular present indicative āsitt, āsit third-person singular past indicative āsæt -
afraid — to affright, terrify
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfyrhte first-person singular past indicative āfyrhte second-person singular present indicative āfyrhtest, āfyrhst, āfyrhtst second-person singular past indicative āfyrhtest third-person singular present indicative āfyrhteþ, āfyrht third-person singular past indicative āfyrhte -
afraid — to prompt, urge
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċȳe first-person singular past indicative sċȳde second-person singular present indicative sċȳest, sċȳst second-person singular past indicative sċȳdest third-person singular present indicative sċȳeþ, sċȳþ third-person singular past indicative sċȳde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “afraid” 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 “afraid”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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