Modern English → Old English
Old English word for defeat
5 headwords match “defeat”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; slege ranks first.
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defeat — hit: strike, blow, punch
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sleġe genitive singular sleġes dative singular sleġe accusative singular sleġe nominative plural sleġas genitive plural sleġa -
defeat — to overcome, defeat, repel, refute
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferdrīfe first-person singular past indicative oferdrāf second-person singular present indicative oferdrīfst second-person singular past indicative oferdrife third-person singular present indicative oferdrīfþ third-person singular past indicative oferdrāf -
defeat — to overcome
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferswīþe first-person singular past indicative oferswīþde second-person singular present indicative oferswīþest, oferswīst second-person singular past indicative oferswīþdest third-person singular present indicative oferswīþeþ, oferswīþþ, oferswīþ third-person singular past indicative oferswīþde -
defeat — to break, destroy, kill, smite, slay, strike with violence
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forslēa first-person singular past indicative forslōg, forslōh second-person singular present indicative forsliehst second-person singular past indicative forslōge third-person singular present indicative forsliehþ third-person singular past indicative forslōg, forslōh -
defeat — to conquer, vanquish, subdue
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferwinne first-person singular past indicative oferwann second-person singular present indicative oferwinst second-person singular past indicative oferwunne third-person singular present indicative oferwinþ third-person singular past indicative oferwann
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “defeat” 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 “defeat”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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