Modern English → Old English
Old English word for beset
5 headwords match “beset”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; besettan ranks first.
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beset — to set near, surround, beset; set about
- 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 besette first-person singular past indicative besette second-person singular present indicative besetst second-person singular past indicative besettest third-person singular present indicative besett, beset third-person singular past indicative besette -
beset — to beset
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ofsette first-person singular past indicative ofsette second-person singular present indicative ofsetst second-person singular past indicative ofsettest third-person singular present indicative ofsett, ofset third-person singular past indicative ofsette -
beset — to ride around, surround, beset, besiege, invest
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative berīde first-person singular past indicative berād second-person singular present indicative berītst second-person singular past indicative beride third-person singular present indicative berītt, berīt third-person singular past indicative berād -
beset — to lie by or about, beleaguer, encompass, beset
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beliċġe first-person singular past indicative belæġ second-person singular present indicative beliġst second-person singular past indicative belǣge, belāge third-person singular present indicative beliġþ third-person singular past indicative belæġ -
beset — to sit near; sit about, surround, beset
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative besitte first-person singular past indicative besæt second-person singular present indicative besitst second-person singular past indicative besǣte third-person singular present indicative besitt, besit third-person singular past indicative besæt
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “beset” 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 “beset”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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