Modern English → Old English
Old English word for expectation
7 headwords match “expectation”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; wen ranks first.
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expectation — expectation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wēn genitive singular wēne dative singular wēne accusative singular wēn, wēne nominative plural wēne, wēna genitive plural wēna -
expectation — expectation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bāsnung genitive singular bāsnunge dative singular bāsnunge accusative singular bāsnunge nominative plural bāsnunga, bāsnunge genitive plural bāsnunga -
expectation — waiting; expectation
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bād genitive singular bāde dative singular bāde accusative singular bāde nominative plural bāda, bāde genitive plural bāda -
expectation — hope
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hyht genitive singular hyhtes dative singular hyhte accusative singular hyht nominative plural hyhtas genitive plural hyhta -
expectation — hope
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tōhopa genitive singular tōhopan dative singular tōhopan accusative singular tōhopan nominative plural tōhopan genitive plural tōhopena -
expectation — hope
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tōhyht genitive singular tōhyhtes dative singular tōhyhte accusative singular tōhyht nominative plural tōhyhtas genitive plural tōhyhta -
expectation — to listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch,
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hlosniġe first-person singular past indicative hlosnode second-person singular present indicative hlosnast second-person singular past indicative hlosnodest third-person singular present indicative hlosnaþ third-person singular past indicative hlosnode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “expectation” 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 “expectation”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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