Modern English → Old English
Old English word for forgo
2 headwords match “forgo”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; forgan ranks first.
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forgo — to abstain from, pass over, neglect, forgo; go away from
- 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 forgā first-person singular past indicative forēode second-person singular present indicative forgǣst second-person singular past indicative forēodest third-person singular present indicative forgǣþ third-person singular past indicative forēode -
forgo — to forgo; go away from, forbear, abstain from
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forgange first-person singular past indicative forġēng, forġīeng second-person singular present indicative forgengst second-person singular past indicative forġēnge, forġīenge third-person singular present indicative forgengþ third-person singular past indicative forġēng, forġīeng
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “forgo” 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 “forgo”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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