Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dare
5 headwords match “dare”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; durran ranks first.
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dare — to dare
- 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 dearr first-person singular past indicative dorste second-person singular present indicative dearst second-person singular past indicative dorstest third-person singular present indicative dearr third-person singular past indicative dorste -
dare — to dare, presume
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative dyrstlǣċe first-person singular past indicative dyrstlǣhte second-person singular present indicative dyrstlǣċest, dyrstlǣcst second-person singular past indicative dyrstlǣhtest third-person singular present indicative dyrstlǣċeþ, dyrstlǣcþ third-person singular past indicative dyrstlǣhte -
dare — to dare, presume
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġedyrstlǣċe first-person singular past indicative ġedyrstlǣhte second-person singular present indicative ġedyrstlǣċest, ġedyrstlǣcst second-person singular past indicative ġedyrstlǣhtest third-person singular present indicative ġedyrstlǣċeþ, ġedyrstlǣcþ third-person singular past indicative ġedyrstlǣhte -
dare — to hurt, injure ( + dative)
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative derie first-person singular past indicative derede second-person singular present indicative derest second-person singular past indicative deredest third-person singular present indicative dereþ third-person singular past indicative derede -
dare — to dare, risk, venture
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative nēþe first-person singular past indicative nēþde second-person singular present indicative nēþest, nēst second-person singular past indicative nēþdest third-person singular present indicative nēþeþ, nēþþ, nēþ third-person singular past indicative nēþde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dare” 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 “dare”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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