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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for behavior

3 headwords match “behavior”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; gebæru ranks first.

  1. 1

    gebæru

    score 15

    noun, feminine · strong īn-stem · 4 inflected forms

    behavior — behavior

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular ġebǣru
    genitive singular ġebǣru, ġebǣre
    dative singular ġebǣru, ġebǣre
    accusative singular ġebǣru, ġebǣre
    nominative plural ġebǣru, ġebǣre
    genitive plural ġebǣra
  2. 2

    wlencu

    score 8

    noun, feminine · strong īn-stem · 4 inflected forms

    behavior — pride, high spirit

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular wlenċu
    genitive singular wlenċu, wlenċe
    dative singular wlenċu, wlenċe
    accusative singular wlenċu, wlenċe
    nominative plural wlenċu, wlenċe
    genitive plural wlenċa
  3. 3

    willan

    score 3

    verb · 12 inflected forms

    behavior — to want, desire

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative wille
    first-person singular past indicative wolde
    second-person singular present indicative wilt
    second-person singular past indicative woldest
    third-person singular present indicative wile
    third-person singular past indicative wolde

How this ranking works

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

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