Modern English → Old English
Old English word for errand
4 headwords match “errand”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ærende ranks first.
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errand — message
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ǣrende genitive singular ǣrendes dative singular ǣrende accusative singular ǣrende nominative plural ǣrendu genitive plural ǣrenda -
errand — to go on an errand, carry news, carry a message, send word to
- 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 ǣrendiġe first-person singular past indicative ǣrendode second-person singular present indicative ǣrendast second-person singular past indicative ǣrendodest third-person singular present indicative ǣrendaþ third-person singular past indicative ǣrendode -
errand — bound on an errand
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ǣrendfæst strong nominative singular feminine ǣrendfæst strong nominative singular neuter ǣrendfæst strong accusative singular masculine ǣrendfæstne strong accusative singular feminine ǣrendfæste strong accusative singular neuter ǣrendfæst -
errand — to send, dispatch for an errand, send off
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġesende first-person singular past indicative ġesende second-person singular present indicative ġesendest, ġesenst, ġesentst second-person singular past indicative ġesendest third-person singular present indicative ġesendeþ, ġesent third-person singular past indicative ġesende
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “errand” 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 “errand”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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