Modern English → Old English
Old English word for forbid
6 headwords match “forbid”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; forbeodan ranks first.
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forbid — to forbid, prohibit, ban (+accusative a thing) (+ dative to someone)
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forbēode first-person singular past indicative forbēad second-person singular present indicative forbīetst second-person singular past indicative forbude third-person singular present indicative forbīett, forbīet third-person singular past indicative forbēad -
forbid — to forbid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tōcweþe first-person singular past indicative tōcwæþ second-person singular present indicative tōcwist second-person singular past indicative tōcwǣde third-person singular present indicative tōcwiþþ, tōcwiþ third-person singular past indicative tōcwæþ -
forbid — to refuse, deny
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wierne first-person singular past indicative wiernde second-person singular present indicative wiernest, wiernst second-person singular past indicative wierndest third-person singular present indicative wierneþ, wiernþ third-person singular past indicative wiernde -
forbid — to censure, reprove; charge with
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative belēa first-person singular past indicative belōg, belōh second-person singular present indicative beliehst second-person singular past indicative belōge third-person singular present indicative beliehþ third-person singular past indicative belōg, belōh -
forbid — to drive away, repel, pursue
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādrīfe first-person singular past indicative ādrāf second-person singular present indicative ādrīfst second-person singular past indicative ādrife third-person singular present indicative ādrīfþ third-person singular past indicative ādrāf -
forbid — to promise or vow not to do
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forhāte first-person singular past indicative forhēt, forhēht second-person singular present indicative forhǣtst second-person singular past indicative forhēte, forhēhte third-person singular present indicative forhǣtt, forhǣt third-person singular past indicative forhēt, forhēht
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “forbid” 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 “forbid”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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