Modern English → Old English
Old English word for believe
5 headwords match “believe”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beliefan ranks first.
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believe — to believe
- 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 belīefe first-person singular past indicative belīefde second-person singular present indicative belīefest, belīefst second-person singular past indicative belīefdest third-person singular present indicative belīefeþ, belīefþ third-person singular past indicative belīefde -
believe — to believe
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġelīefe first-person singular past indicative ġelīefde second-person singular present indicative ġelīefest, ġelīefst second-person singular past indicative ġelīefdest third-person singular present indicative ġelīefeþ, ġelīefþ third-person singular past indicative ġelīefde -
believe — to hope, expect, believe, suppose
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġewēne first-person singular past indicative ġewēnde second-person singular present indicative ġewēnest, ġewēnst second-person singular past indicative ġewēndest third-person singular present indicative ġewēneþ, ġewēnþ third-person singular past indicative ġewēnde -
believe — to trust, hope, believe
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġetrūwiġe first-person singular past indicative ġetrūwode second-person singular present indicative ġetrūwast second-person singular past indicative ġetrūwodest third-person singular present indicative ġetrūwaþ third-person singular past indicative ġetrūwode -
believe — do you believe in God
- 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 “believe” 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 “believe”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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