Modern English → Old English
Old English word for chase
5 headwords match “chase”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; oht ranks first.
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chase — chase or pursuit
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ōht genitive singular ōhte dative singular ōhte accusative singular ōhte nominative plural ōhta, ōhte genitive plural ōhta -
chase — wandering
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wāþ genitive singular wāþe dative singular wāþe accusative singular wāþe nominative plural wāþa, wāþe genitive plural wāþa -
chase — persecution
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ēhtnes genitive singular ēhtnesse dative singular ēhtnesse accusative singular ēhtnesse nominative plural ēhtnessa, ēhtnesse genitive plural ēhtnessa -
chase — to chase (+ genitive or accusative)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ēhte first-person singular past indicative ēhte second-person singular present indicative ēhtest, ēhst, ēhtst second-person singular past indicative ēhtest third-person singular present indicative ēhteþ, ēht third-person singular past indicative ēhte -
chase — to hunt, pursue, chase
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wǣþe first-person singular past indicative wǣþde second-person singular present indicative wǣþest, wǣst second-person singular past indicative wǣþdest third-person singular present indicative wǣþeþ, wǣþþ, wǣþ third-person singular past indicative wǣþde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “chase” 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 “chase”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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