Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cause
5 headwords match “cause”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; intinga ranks first.
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cause — cause, reason
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular intinga genitive singular intingan dative singular intingan accusative singular intingan nominative plural intingan genitive plural intingena -
cause — substance, matter, material
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular andweorc genitive singular andweorces dative singular andweorce accusative singular andweorc nominative plural andweorc genitive plural andweorca -
cause — without cause
- appears in the definition
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cause — to do, make, reach a place, effect, cause; beget
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġedō first-person singular past indicative ġedyde second-person singular present indicative ġedēst second-person singular past indicative ġedydest third-person singular present indicative ġedēþ third-person singular past indicative ġedyde -
cause — to do, effect, cause
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġetēo first-person singular past indicative ġetēode second-person singular present indicative ġetēost second-person singular past indicative ġetēodest third-person singular present indicative ġetēoþ third-person singular past indicative ġetēode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cause” 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 “cause”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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