Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bad
5 headwords match “bad”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; yfel ranks first.
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bad — bad
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine yfel strong nominative singular feminine yfel strong nominative singular neuter yfel strong accusative singular masculine yfelne strong accusative singular feminine yfele strong accusative singular neuter yfel -
bad — bad air, malaria
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unlyft genitive singular unlyfte dative singular unlyfte accusative singular unlyft, unlyfte nominative plural unlyfte, unlyfta genitive plural unlyfta -
bad — bad habit, vice
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unþēaw genitive singular unþēawes dative singular unþēawe accusative singular unþēaw nominative plural unþēawas genitive plural unþēawa -
bad — bad dream
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unswefn genitive singular unswefnes dative singular unswefne accusative singular unswefn nominative plural unswefnu genitive plural unswefna -
bad — bad teaching or doctrine
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mislār genitive singular mislāre dative singular mislāre accusative singular mislāre nominative plural mislāra, mislāre genitive plural mislāra
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bad” 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 “bad”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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