Modern English → Old English
Old English word for control
5 headwords match “control”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; geweald ranks first.
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control — control
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeweald genitive singular ġewealdes dative singular ġewealde accusative singular ġeweald nominative plural ġeweald genitive plural ġewealda -
control — power, control, dominion
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewield genitive singular ġewieldes dative singular ġewielde accusative singular ġewield nominative plural ġewield genitive plural ġewielda -
control — powerful, mighty, victorious, in control
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġewielde strong nominative singular feminine ġewieldu, ġewieldo strong nominative singular neuter ġewielde strong accusative singular masculine ġewieldne strong accusative singular feminine ġewielde strong accusative singular neuter ġewielde -
control — to control
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wielde first-person singular past indicative wielde second-person singular present indicative wieldest, wielst, wieltst second-person singular past indicative wieldest third-person singular present indicative wieldeþ, wielt third-person singular past indicative wielde -
control — to control, rule
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġereċċe first-person singular past indicative ġereahte, ġerehte second-person singular present indicative ġereċest second-person singular past indicative ġereahtest, ġerehtest third-person singular present indicative ġereċeþ third-person singular past indicative ġereahte, ġerehte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “control” 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 “control”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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