Modern English → Old English
Old English word for good
5 headwords match “good”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; god ranks first.
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good — good
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine gōd strong nominative singular feminine gōd strong nominative singular neuter gōd strong accusative singular masculine gōdne strong accusative singular feminine gōde strong accusative singular neuter gōd -
good — good, noble
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sēl strong nominative singular feminine sēl strong nominative singular neuter sēl strong accusative singular masculine sēlne strong accusative singular feminine sēle strong accusative singular neuter sēl -
good — to be or become good; to prosper
- 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 gōdiġe first-person singular past indicative gōdode second-person singular present indicative gōdast second-person singular past indicative gōdodest third-person singular present indicative gōdaþ third-person singular past indicative gōdode -
good — good deed
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weldǣd genitive singular weldǣde dative singular weldǣde accusative singular weldǣd, weldǣde nominative plural weldǣde, weldǣda genitive plural weldǣda -
good — good (morally good; competent; useful, etc.)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine til strong nominative singular feminine tilu, tilo strong nominative singular neuter til strong accusative singular masculine tilne strong accusative singular feminine tile strong accusative singular neuter til
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “good” 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 “good”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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