Modern English → Old English
Old English word for despise
10 headwords match “despise”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; æwan ranks first.
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despise — to despise, scorn
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ǣwe first-person singular past indicative ǣwde second-person singular present indicative ǣwest, ǣwst second-person singular past indicative ǣwdest third-person singular present indicative ǣweþ, ǣwþ third-person singular past indicative ǣwde -
despise — to despise
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forsēo first-person singular past indicative forseah, forsæh second-person singular present indicative forsiehst, forsīs, forsē̆es second-person singular past indicative forsāwe, forsēge third-person singular present indicative forsiehþ, forsīþ, forsē̆eþ third-person singular past indicative forseah, forsæh -
despise — to despise, deride
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhierwe first-person singular past indicative āhierede second-person singular present indicative āhierest second-person singular past indicative āhieredest third-person singular present indicative āhiereþ third-person singular past indicative āhierede -
despise — to despise
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative herewiġe first-person singular past indicative herewode second-person singular present indicative herewast second-person singular past indicative herewodest third-person singular present indicative herewaþ third-person singular past indicative herewode -
despise — to despise, scorn (somebody or something)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forhyċġe first-person singular past indicative forhogde second-person singular present indicative forhyġst second-person singular past indicative forhogdest third-person singular present indicative forhyġþ third-person singular past indicative forhogde -
despise — to despise, disdain, distrust
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forþenċe first-person singular past indicative forþōhte second-person singular present indicative forþenċest, forþencst second-person singular past indicative forþōhtest third-person singular present indicative forþenċeþ, forþencþ third-person singular past indicative forþōhte -
despise — to despise, scorn, be contemptuous of
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferhyċġe first-person singular past indicative oferhogde second-person singular present indicative oferhyġst second-person singular past indicative oferhogdest third-person singular present indicative oferhyġþ third-person singular past indicative oferhogde -
despise — to blame, accuse
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tǣle first-person singular past indicative tǣlde second-person singular present indicative tǣlest, tǣlst second-person singular past indicative tǣldest third-person singular present indicative tǣleþ, tǣlþ third-person singular past indicative tǣlde -
despise — to neglect
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forhogiġe first-person singular past indicative forhogode second-person singular present indicative forhogast second-person singular past indicative forhogodest third-person singular present indicative forhogaþ third-person singular past indicative forhogode -
despise — to neglect
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āġīemelēasiġe first-person singular past indicative āġīemelēasode second-person singular present indicative āġīemelēasast second-person singular past indicative āġīemelēasodest third-person singular present indicative āġīemelēasaþ third-person singular past indicative āġīemelēasode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “despise” 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 “despise”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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