Modern English → Old English
Old English word for dumb
5 headwords match “dumb”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dumb ranks first.
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dumb — mute, dumb (unable to speak)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dumb strong nominative singular feminine dumb strong nominative singular neuter dumb strong accusative singular masculine dumbne strong accusative singular feminine dumbe strong accusative singular neuter dumb -
dumb — dumb, unwise
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine samwīs strong nominative singular feminine samwīs strong nominative singular neuter samwīs strong accusative singular masculine samwīsne strong accusative singular feminine samwīse strong accusative singular neuter samwīs -
dumb — unwise, foolish, stupid, dumb
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unwīs strong nominative singular feminine unwīs strong nominative singular neuter unwīs strong accusative singular masculine unwīsne strong accusative singular feminine unwīse strong accusative singular neuter unwīs -
dumb — without understanding or wit
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unwittiġ strong nominative singular feminine unwittiġu, unwitġu, unwittiġo, unwitġo strong nominative singular neuter unwittiġ strong accusative singular masculine unwittiġne strong accusative singular feminine unwittiġe, unwitġe strong accusative singular neuter unwittiġ -
dumb — to keep quiet, hold one's peace
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādumbiġe first-person singular past indicative ādumbode second-person singular present indicative ādumbast second-person singular past indicative ādumbodest third-person singular present indicative ādumbaþ third-person singular past indicative ādumbode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “dumb” 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.
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