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Modern English → Old English

Old English word for envious

4 headwords match “envious”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; andig ranks first.

  1. 1

    andig

    score 15

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    envious — envious

    • opens the headword's definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine andiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine andiġu, andġu, andiġo, andġo
    strong nominative singular neuter andiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine andiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine andiġe, andġe
    strong accusative singular neuter andiġ
  2. 2

    niþig

    score 12

    adjective

    envious — envious

    • opens the headword's definition
  3. 3

    æfestig

    score 11

    adjective · 20 inflected forms

    envious — jealous, envious

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine æfestiġ
    strong nominative singular feminine æfestiġu, æfestġu, æfestiġo, æfestġo
    strong nominative singular neuter æfestiġ
    strong accusative singular masculine æfestiġne
    strong accusative singular feminine æfestiġe, æfestġe
    strong accusative singular neuter æfestiġ
  4. 4

    æfestian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    envious — to envy, be envious

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative æfēstiġe
    first-person singular past indicative æfēstode
    second-person singular present indicative æfēstast
    second-person singular past indicative æfēstodest
    third-person singular present indicative æfēstaþ
    third-person singular past indicative æfēstode

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “envious” 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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