Modern English → Old English
Old English word for excuse
5 headwords match “excuse”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; beladung ranks first.
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excuse — excuse
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular belādung genitive singular belādunge dative singular belādunge accusative singular belādunge nominative plural belādunga, belādunge genitive plural belādunga -
excuse — excuse (+ genitive for something)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lād genitive singular lāde dative singular lāde accusative singular lāde nominative plural lāda, lāde genitive plural lāda -
excuse — excuse (+ genitive for something)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lādung genitive singular lādunge dative singular lādunge accusative singular lādunge nominative plural lādunga, lādunge genitive plural lādunga -
excuse — to excuse, defend
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ālādiġe first-person singular past indicative ālādode second-person singular present indicative ālādast second-person singular past indicative ālādodest third-person singular present indicative ālādaþ third-person singular past indicative ālādode -
excuse — advocacy
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular foresprǣċ genitive singular foresprǣċe dative singular foresprǣċe accusative singular foresprǣċe nominative plural foresprǣċa, foresprǣċe genitive plural foresprǣċa
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “excuse” 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 “excuse”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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