Modern English → Old English
Old English word for against
10 headwords match “against”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; agen ranks first.
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against — against, contra
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine āgen strong nominative singular feminine āgenu, āgnu, āgeno, āgno strong nominative singular neuter āgen strong accusative singular masculine āgenne strong accusative singular feminine āgene, āgne strong accusative singular neuter āgen -
against — against, opposing
- opens the headword's definition
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against — against (+accusative)
- opens the headword's definition
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against — against
- opens the headword's definition
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against — against, towards
- opens the headword's definition
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against — against, opposite (typically + accusative with sense of motion or active opposition, typic
- opens the headword's definition
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against — against, opposed to, counter to
- opens the headword's definition
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against — against, contrary, opposed to; anti-, counter-
- opens the headword's definition
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against — a going against; resistance
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wiþerċyrr genitive singular wiþerċyrres dative singular wiþerċyrre accusative singular wiþerċyrr nominative plural wiþerċyrras genitive plural wiþerċyrra -
against — meeting, coming against
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “against” 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 “against”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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