Modern English → Old English
Old English word for foolishness
6 headwords match “foolishness”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; unwisdom ranks first.
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foolishness — foolishness, stupidity, ignorance
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unwīsdōm genitive singular unwīsdōmes dative singular unwīsdōme accusative singular unwīsdōm nominative plural unwīsdōmas genitive plural unwīsdōma -
foolishness — foolishness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unġesċēadwīsnes genitive singular unġesċēadwīsnesse dative singular unġesċēadwīsnesse accusative singular unġesċēadwīsnesse nominative plural unġesċēadwīsnessa, unġesċēadwīsnesse genitive plural unġesċēadwīsnessa -
foolishness — ridicule, mockery; foolishness, lightmindedness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġēaþ genitive singular ġēaþe dative singular ġēaþe accusative singular ġēaþe nominative plural ġēaþa, ġēaþe genitive plural ġēaþa -
foolishness — want of understanding, unskillfulness, foolishness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unglēawnes genitive singular unglēawnesse dative singular unglēawnesse accusative singular unglēawnesse nominative plural unglēawnessa, unglēawnesse genitive plural unglēawnessa -
foolishness — lack of understanding; foolishness
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unglēawsċipe genitive singular unglēawsċipes dative singular unglēawsċipe accusative singular unglēawsċipe nominative plural unglēawsċipas genitive plural unglēawsċipa -
foolishness — an error, folly
- 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
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “foolishness” 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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