Modern English → Old English
Old English word for foolish
5 headwords match “foolish”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; dol ranks first.
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foolish — foolish
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine dol strong nominative singular feminine dolu, dolo strong nominative singular neuter dol strong accusative singular masculine dolne strong accusative singular feminine dole strong accusative singular neuter dol -
foolish — foolish, stupid
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sott strong nominative singular feminine sott strong nominative singular neuter sott strong accusative singular masculine sotne strong accusative singular feminine sotte strong accusative singular neuter sott -
foolish — foolish pride, vainglory
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular dolġielp genitive singular dolġielpes dative singular dolġielpe accusative singular dolġielp nominative plural dolġielpas genitive plural dolġielpa -
foolish — foolish
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stuntlīċ strong nominative singular feminine stuntlīċ, stuntlīċu, stuntlīċo strong nominative singular neuter stuntlīċ strong accusative singular masculine stuntlīcne strong accusative singular feminine stuntlīċe strong accusative singular neuter stuntlīċ -
foolish — foolish, imprudent, thoughtless, careless, reckless
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wanhȳdiġ strong nominative singular feminine wanhȳdiġu, wanhȳdġu, wanhȳdiġo, wanhȳdġo strong nominative singular neuter wanhȳdiġ strong accusative singular masculine wanhȳdiġne strong accusative singular feminine wanhȳdiġe, wanhȳdġe strong accusative singular neuter wanhȳdiġ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “foolish” 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?
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