Modern English → Old English
Old English word for cunning
10 headwords match “cunning”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; abered ranks first.
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cunning — cunning, shrewd, crafty
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ābered strong nominative singular feminine ābered strong nominative singular neuter ābered strong accusative singular masculine āberedne strong accusative singular feminine āberede strong accusative singular neuter ābered -
cunning — cunning, guile, craftiness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine fræfel strong nominative singular feminine fræfel strong nominative singular neuter fræfel strong accusative singular masculine fræfelne strong accusative singular feminine fræfele strong accusative singular neuter fræfel -
cunning — cunning, crafty
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeswip strong nominative singular feminine ġeswipu, ġeswipo strong nominative singular neuter ġeswip strong accusative singular masculine ġeswipne strong accusative singular feminine ġeswipe strong accusative singular neuter ġeswip -
cunning — cunning, astute
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine swipor strong nominative singular feminine swipor strong nominative singular neuter swipor strong accusative singular masculine swiperne strong accusative singular feminine swipre strong accusative singular neuter swipor -
cunning — crafty, cunning; prudent
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lytiġ strong nominative singular feminine lytiġ strong nominative singular neuter lytiġ strong accusative singular masculine lytiġne strong accusative singular feminine lytiġe strong accusative singular neuter lytiġ -
cunning — creative; cunning, skillful
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine orþanc strong nominative singular feminine orþanc strong nominative singular neuter orþanc strong accusative singular masculine orþancne strong accusative singular feminine orþance strong accusative singular neuter orþanc -
cunning — crafty, cunning, deceitful
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġēaplīċ strong nominative singular feminine ġēaplīċ, ġēaplīċu, ġēaplīċo strong nominative singular neuter ġēaplīċ strong accusative singular masculine ġēaplīcne strong accusative singular feminine ġēaplīċe strong accusative singular neuter ġēaplīċ -
cunning — art; cunning, guile, craft
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular list genitive singular listes, liste dative singular liste accusative singular list, liste nominative plural listas, lista, liste genitive plural lista -
cunning — knowledge
- listed as an English descendant
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cunning — crooked, bent, curved
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġēap strong nominative singular feminine ġēap strong nominative singular neuter ġēap strong accusative singular masculine ġēapne strong accusative singular feminine ġēape strong accusative singular neuter ġēap
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “cunning” 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?
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