Modern English → Old English
Old English word for bless
4 headwords match “bless”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; bletsian ranks first.
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bless — to bless, to consecrate
- 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 blētsiġe first-person singular past indicative blētsode second-person singular present indicative blētsast second-person singular past indicative blētsodest third-person singular present indicative blētsaþ third-person singular past indicative blētsode -
bless — to bless, consecrate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeblētsiġe first-person singular past indicative ġeblētsode second-person singular present indicative ġeblētsast second-person singular past indicative ġeblētsodest third-person singular present indicative ġeblētsaþ third-person singular past indicative ġeblētsode -
bless — to bless, enrich, make happy
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ēadgiġe first-person singular past indicative ēadgode second-person singular present indicative ēadgast second-person singular past indicative ēadgodest third-person singular present indicative ēadgaþ third-person singular past indicative ēadgode -
bless — to mark the sign of the cross; bless, consecrate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative seġniġe first-person singular past indicative seġnode second-person singular present indicative seġnast second-person singular past indicative seġnodest third-person singular present indicative seġnaþ third-person singular past indicative seġnode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “bless” 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 “bless”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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