Modern English → Old English
Old English word for deed
5 headwords match “deed”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dæd ranks first.
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deed — action, deed
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dǣd genitive singular dǣde dative singular dǣde accusative singular dǣd, dǣde nominative plural dǣde, dǣda genitive plural dǣda -
deed — work, deed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrht genitive singular wyrhtes dative singular wyrhte accusative singular wyrht nominative plural wyrhtu genitive plural wyrhta -
deed — praiseworthy deed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lofdǣd genitive singular lofdǣde dative singular lofdǣde accusative singular lofdǣd, lofdǣde nominative plural lofdǣde, lofdǣda genitive plural lofdǣda -
deed — good deed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weldǣd genitive singular weldǣde dative singular weldǣde accusative singular weldǣd, weldǣde nominative plural weldǣde, weldǣda genitive plural weldǣda -
deed — wicked deed
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wōhdǣd genitive singular wōhdǣde dative singular wōhdǣde accusative singular wōhdǣd, wōhdǣde nominative plural wōhdǣde, wōhdǣda genitive plural wōhdǣda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “deed” 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 “deed”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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