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Old English word for bathe

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

  1. 1

    baðian

    score 17

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    bathe — to bathe

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative baðiġe
    first-person singular past indicative baðode
    second-person singular present indicative baðast
    second-person singular past indicative baðodest
    third-person singular present indicative baðaþ
    third-person singular past indicative baðode
  2. 2

    baþian

    score 17

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    bathe — to bathe

    • appears in the definition
    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative baþiġe
    first-person singular past indicative baþode
    second-person singular present indicative baþast
    second-person singular past indicative baþodest
    third-person singular present indicative baþaþ
    third-person singular past indicative baþode
  3. 3

    bebaðian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    bathe — to bathe, wash

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative bebaðiġe
    first-person singular past indicative bebaðode
    second-person singular present indicative bebaðast
    second-person singular past indicative bebaðodest
    third-person singular present indicative bebaðaþ
    third-person singular past indicative bebaðode
  4. 4

    bebaþian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    bathe — to bathe, wash

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative bebaþiġe
    first-person singular past indicative bebaþode
    second-person singular present indicative bebaþast
    second-person singular past indicative bebaþodest
    third-person singular present indicative bebaþaþ
    third-person singular past indicative bebaþode
  5. 5

    gebaþian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    bathe — to bathe, wash

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġebaþiġe
    first-person singular past indicative ġebaþode
    second-person singular present indicative ġebaþast
    second-person singular past indicative ġebaþodest
    third-person singular present indicative ġebaþaþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġebaþode

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bathe” 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 “bathe”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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