Modern English → Old English
Old English word for desolate
5 headwords match “desolate”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; westen ranks first.
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desolate — desolate, waste
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wēsten strong nominative singular feminine wēstenu, wēstnu, wēsteno, wēstno strong nominative singular neuter wēsten strong accusative singular masculine wēstenne strong accusative singular feminine wēstene, wēstne strong accusative singular neuter wēsten -
desolate — desolate, waste, barren, deserted; uninhabited, empty
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wēste strong nominative singular feminine wēstu, wēsto strong nominative singular neuter wēste strong accusative singular masculine wēstne strong accusative singular feminine wēste strong accusative singular neuter wēste -
desolate — waste, wasty, desert
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wēstiġ strong nominative singular feminine wēstiġu, wēstġu, wēstiġo, wēstġo strong nominative singular neuter wēstiġ strong accusative singular masculine wēstiġne strong accusative singular feminine wēstiġe, wēstġe strong accusative singular neuter wēstiġ -
desolate — to ravage, spoil
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wēste first-person singular past indicative wēste second-person singular present indicative wēstest, wēst second-person singular past indicative wēstest third-person singular present indicative wēsteþ, wēst third-person singular past indicative wēste -
desolate — to release from a bond or bonds
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tōlīese first-person singular past indicative tōlīesde second-person singular present indicative tōlīesest, tōlīest second-person singular past indicative tōlīesdest third-person singular present indicative tōlīeseþ, tōlīest third-person singular past indicative tōlīesde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “desolate” 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 “desolate”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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