Modern English → Old English
Old English word for contempt
4 headwords match “contempt”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; forsewennes ranks first.
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contempt — contempt
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular forsewennes genitive singular forsewennesse dative singular forsewennesse accusative singular forsewennesse nominative plural forsewennessa, forsewennesse genitive plural forsewennessa -
contempt — reproach, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hosp genitive singular hospes dative singular hospe accusative singular hosp nominative plural hospas genitive plural hospa -
contempt — to despise, scorn, be contemptuous of
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferhyċġe first-person singular past indicative oferhogde second-person singular present indicative oferhyġst second-person singular past indicative oferhogdest third-person singular present indicative oferhyġþ third-person singular past indicative oferhogde -
contempt — to speak evil of, blaspheme, malign, condemn
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hierwe first-person singular past indicative hierede second-person singular present indicative hierest second-person singular past indicative hieredest third-person singular present indicative hiereþ third-person singular past indicative hierede
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “contempt” 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 “contempt”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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