Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cleanse
5 headwords match “cleanse”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; clænsian ranks first.
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cleanse — to clean, cleanse
- 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 clǣnsiġe first-person singular past indicative clǣnsode second-person singular present indicative clǣnsast second-person singular past indicative clǣnsodest third-person singular present indicative clǣnsaþ third-person singular past indicative clǣnsode -
cleanse — to cleanse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fǣlsiġe first-person singular past indicative fǣlsode second-person singular present indicative fǣlsast second-person singular past indicative fǣlsodest third-person singular present indicative fǣlsaþ third-person singular past indicative fǣlsode -
cleanse — to cleanse, wash
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfeormie first-person singular past indicative āfeormede second-person singular present indicative āfeormest second-person singular past indicative āfeormedest third-person singular present indicative āfeormeþ third-person singular past indicative āfeormede -
cleanse — to cleanse
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeclǣnsiġe first-person singular past indicative ġeclǣnsode second-person singular present indicative ġeclǣnsast second-person singular past indicative ġeclǣnsodest third-person singular present indicative ġeclǣnsaþ third-person singular past indicative ġeclǣnsode -
cleanse — to cleanse thoroughly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þurhclǣnsiġe first-person singular past indicative þurhclǣnsode second-person singular present indicative þurhclǣnsast second-person singular past indicative þurhclǣnsodest third-person singular present indicative þurhclǣnsaþ third-person singular past indicative þurhclǣnsode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cleanse” 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 “cleanse”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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