Modern English → Old English
Old English word for drive
5 headwords match “drive”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; drifan ranks first.
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drive — to drive; force, pursue; drive (back); push
- 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 drīfe first-person singular past indicative drāf second-person singular present indicative drīfst second-person singular past indicative drife third-person singular present indicative drīfþ third-person singular past indicative drāf -
drive — to drive
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative crūde first-person singular past indicative crēad second-person singular present indicative crȳtst second-person singular past indicative crude third-person singular present indicative crȳtt, crȳt third-person singular past indicative crēad -
drive — to goad to go quickly, drive forth, hasten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfȳse first-person singular past indicative āfȳsde second-person singular present indicative āfȳsest, āfȳst second-person singular past indicative āfȳsdest third-person singular present indicative āfȳseþ, āfȳst third-person singular past indicative āfȳsde -
drive — to drive (forward), expel, banish
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative drǣfe first-person singular past indicative drǣfde second-person singular present indicative drǣfest, drǣfst second-person singular past indicative drǣfdest third-person singular present indicative drǣfeþ, drǣfþ third-person singular past indicative drǣfde -
drive — to move, agitate, drive hither and thither
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative weċġe first-person singular past indicative weġde second-person singular present indicative weġst second-person singular past indicative weġdest third-person singular present indicative weġþ third-person singular past indicative weġde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “drive” 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 “drive”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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