Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cowardly
3 headwords match “cowardly”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; earg ranks first.
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cowardly — cowardly
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine earg strong nominative singular feminine earg strong nominative singular neuter earg strong accusative singular masculine eargne strong accusative singular feminine earge strong accusative singular neuter earg -
cowardly — gentle; shy; cowardly; timid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine blēaþ strong nominative singular feminine blēaþ strong nominative singular neuter blēaþ strong accusative singular masculine blēaþne strong accusative singular feminine blēaþe strong accusative singular neuter blēaþ -
cowardly — dissolute, greedy, tedious
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine āsolcen strong nominative singular feminine āsolcenu, āsolcnu, āsolceno, āsolcno strong nominative singular neuter āsolcen strong accusative singular masculine āsolcenne strong accusative singular feminine āsolcene, āsolcne strong accusative singular neuter āsolcen
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cowardly” 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 “cowardly”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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