Modern English → Old English
Old English word for folly
5 headwords match “folly”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; dysignes ranks first.
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folly — folly
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dysiġnes genitive singular dysiġnesse dative singular dysiġnesse accusative singular dysiġnesse nominative plural dysiġnessa, dysiġnesse genitive plural dysiġnessa -
folly — an error, folly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dysiġ strong nominative singular feminine dysiġ strong nominative singular neuter dysiġ strong accusative singular masculine dysiġne strong accusative singular feminine dysiġe strong accusative singular neuter dysiġ -
folly — senselessness, witlessness, folly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular witlēast genitive singular witlēaste dative singular witlēaste accusative singular witlēaste nominative plural witlēasta, witlēaste genitive plural witlēasta -
folly — one who acts wantonly or with (wicked) folly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fleardere genitive singular flearderes dative singular fleardere accusative singular fleardere nominative plural flearderas genitive plural fleardera -
folly — fraud, deceit, trickery, deception
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fleard genitive singular fleardes dative singular flearde accusative singular fleard nominative plural fleard genitive plural flearda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “folly” 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 “folly”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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