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Old English word for gripe

3 headwords match “gripe”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gripan ranks first.

  1. 1

    gripan

    score 15

    verb · strong class I · 14 inflected forms

    gripe — to gripe, grip, grab

    • 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 grīpe
    first-person singular past indicative grāp
    second-person singular present indicative grīpst
    second-person singular past indicative gripe
    third-person singular present indicative grīpþ
    third-person singular past indicative grāp
  2. 2

    gegripan

    score 6

    verb · strong class I · 13 inflected forms

    gripe — to gripe, grab, grasp, seize, snatch from, lay hold of, take with the hands, take with vio

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġegrīpe
    first-person singular past indicative ġegrāp
    second-person singular present indicative ġegrīpst
    second-person singular past indicative ġegripe
    third-person singular present indicative ġegrīpþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġegrāp
  3. 3

    forteon

    score 3

    verb · strong class II · 13 inflected forms

    gripe — to draw away, seduce; forlead, mislead

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative fortēo
    first-person singular past indicative fortēah
    second-person singular present indicative fortīehst
    second-person singular past indicative fortuge
    third-person singular present indicative fortīehþ
    third-person singular past indicative fortēah

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “gripe” 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.

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