Modern English → Old English
Old English word for govern
7 headwords match “govern”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; oferhabban ranks first.
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govern — to command, govern
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative oferhæbbe first-person singular past indicative oferhæfde second-person singular present indicative oferhæfst second-person singular past indicative oferhæfdest third-person singular present indicative oferhæfþ third-person singular past indicative oferhæfde -
govern — to overlook; oversee, watch over; bewatch, superintend, preside, govern
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bewāt first-person singular past indicative bewisse, bewiste second-person singular present indicative bewāst second-person singular past indicative bewissest, bewistest third-person singular present indicative bewāt third-person singular past indicative bewisse, bewiste -
govern — to rule; govern, reign
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rīcsiġe first-person singular past indicative rīcsode second-person singular present indicative rīcsast second-person singular past indicative rīcsodest third-person singular present indicative rīcsaþ third-person singular past indicative rīcsode -
govern — to moderate, temper
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative metegiġe first-person singular past indicative metegode second-person singular present indicative metegast second-person singular past indicative metegodest third-person singular present indicative metegaþ third-person singular past indicative metegode -
govern — to moderate, temper
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġemetegiġe first-person singular past indicative ġemetegode second-person singular present indicative ġemetegast second-person singular past indicative ġemetegodest third-person singular present indicative ġemetegaþ third-person singular past indicative ġemetegode -
govern — to care for; to take care of
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beġīeme first-person singular past indicative beġīemde second-person singular present indicative beġīemest, beġīemst second-person singular past indicative beġīemdest third-person singular present indicative beġīemeþ, beġīemþ third-person singular past indicative beġīemde -
govern — to cause to know, instruct, inform
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġewissiġe first-person singular past indicative ġewissode second-person singular present indicative ġewissast second-person singular past indicative ġewissodest third-person singular present indicative ġewissaþ third-person singular past indicative ġewissode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “govern” 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 “govern”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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