Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cherish
6 headwords match “cherish”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; fyrian ranks first.
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cherish — to make a fire, give warmth, to cherish
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fȳriġe first-person singular past indicative fȳrode second-person singular present indicative fȳrast second-person singular past indicative fȳrodest third-person singular present indicative fȳraþ third-person singular past indicative fȳrode -
cherish — to hug
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative clyppe first-person singular past indicative clypte second-person singular present indicative clyppest, clypst second-person singular past indicative clyptest third-person singular present indicative clyppeþ, clypþ third-person singular past indicative clypte -
cherish — to entertain
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġefeormiġe first-person singular past indicative ġefeormode second-person singular present indicative ġefeormast second-person singular past indicative ġefeormodest third-person singular present indicative ġefeormaþ third-person singular past indicative ġefeormode -
cherish — to heat, warm, foment
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beþie, beþiġe first-person singular past indicative beþede, beþode second-person singular present indicative beþest, beþast second-person singular past indicative beþedest, beþodest third-person singular present indicative beþeþ, beþaþ third-person singular past indicative beþede, beþode -
cherish — to entertain, receive (as a guest); to feast
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative feormiġe first-person singular past indicative feormode second-person singular present indicative feormast second-person singular past indicative feormodest third-person singular present indicative feormaþ third-person singular past indicative feormode -
cherish — to hearten, encourage, animate
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġehierte first-person singular past indicative ġehierte second-person singular present indicative ġehiertest, ġehierst, ġehiertst second-person singular past indicative ġehiertest third-person singular present indicative ġehierteþ, ġehiert third-person singular past indicative ġehierte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cherish” 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 “cherish”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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