Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bestrew
2 headwords match “bestrew”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; bestreawian ranks first.
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bestrew — to bestrew; strew all over, besprinkle
- 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 bestrēawiġe first-person singular past indicative bestrēawode second-person singular present indicative bestrēawast second-person singular past indicative bestrēawodest third-person singular present indicative bestrēawaþ third-person singular past indicative bestrēawode -
bestrew — to pour over, soak
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beġēote first-person singular past indicative beġēat second-person singular present indicative beġīetst second-person singular past indicative begute third-person singular present indicative beġīett, beġīet third-person singular past indicative beġēat
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bestrew” 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 “bestrew”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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