Modern English → Old English
Old English word for better
5 headwords match “better”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beterian ranks first.
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better — to improve, to make better
- 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 beteriġe first-person singular past indicative beterode second-person singular present indicative beterast second-person singular past indicative beterodest third-person singular present indicative beteraþ third-person singular past indicative beterode -
better — better
- opens the headword's definition
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better — to get better
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bōtiġe first-person singular past indicative bōtode second-person singular present indicative bōtast second-person singular past indicative bōtodest third-person singular present indicative bōtaþ third-person singular past indicative bōtode -
better — to better, make better
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġebeteriġe first-person singular past indicative ġebeterode second-person singular present indicative ġebeterast second-person singular past indicative ġebeterodest third-person singular present indicative ġebeteraþ third-person singular past indicative ġebeterode -
better — to deprive of power, betray, get the better of
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative berǣde first-person singular past indicative berǣdde second-person singular present indicative berǣdest, berǣtst second-person singular past indicative berǣddest third-person singular present indicative berǣdeþ, berǣtt, berǣt third-person singular past indicative berǣdde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “better” 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 “better”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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