Modern English → Old English
Old English word for excess
5 headwords match “excess”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; oferspræc ranks first.
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excess — excess speech, loquaciousness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ofersprǣċ genitive singular ofersprǣċe dative singular ofersprǣċe accusative singular ofersprǣċe -
excess — immensity
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unġemet genitive singular unġemetes dative singular unġemete accusative singular unġemet nominative plural unġemetu genitive plural unġemeta -
excess — to overdo; do too much, do in excess
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferdō first-person singular past indicative oferdyde second-person singular present indicative oferdēst second-person singular past indicative oferdydest third-person singular present indicative oferdēþ third-person singular past indicative oferdyde -
excess — to fill to overflowing, cram, feed in excess; feed too much
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferfylle first-person singular past indicative oferfylde second-person singular present indicative oferfyllest, oferfylst second-person singular past indicative oferfyldest third-person singular present indicative oferfylleþ, oferfylþ third-person singular past indicative oferfylde -
excess — to grow up, grow into
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forgrōwe first-person singular past indicative forgrēow second-person singular present indicative forgrēwst second-person singular past indicative forgrēowe third-person singular present indicative forgrēwþ third-person singular past indicative forgrēow
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “excess” 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 “excess”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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