Modern English → Old English
Old English word for careful
5 headwords match “careful”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; carful ranks first.
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careful — anxious
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine carful strong nominative singular feminine carful strong nominative singular neuter carful strong accusative singular masculine carfulne strong accusative singular feminine carfulle strong accusative singular neuter carful -
careful — careful; thoughtful; prudent
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hoga strong nominative singular feminine hoge strong nominative singular neuter hoge strong accusative singular masculine hogan strong accusative singular feminine hogan strong accusative singular neuter hoge -
careful — careful
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hohful strong nominative singular feminine hohful strong nominative singular neuter hohful strong accusative singular masculine hohfulne strong accusative singular feminine hohfulle strong accusative singular neuter hohful -
careful — full of care or anxiety, careful, anxious
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sorhful strong nominative singular feminine sorhful strong nominative singular neuter sorhful strong accusative singular masculine sorhfulne strong accusative singular feminine sorhfulle strong accusative singular neuter sorhful -
careful — cautious in speech, careful in what one says
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wærsagol strong nominative singular feminine wærsagol strong nominative singular neuter wærsagol strong accusative singular masculine wærsagolne strong accusative singular feminine wærsagole strong accusative singular neuter wærsagol
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “careful” 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 “careful”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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