Modern English → Old English
Old English word for habit
8 headwords match “habit”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; wuna ranks first.
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habit — habit, custom
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wuna genitive singular wunan dative singular wunan accusative singular wunan nominative plural wunan genitive plural wunena -
habit — habit, custom
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þēaw genitive singular þēawes dative singular þēawe accusative singular þēaw nominative plural þēawas genitive plural þēawa -
habit — custom, habit; practice
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sidu genitive singular sida dative singular sida accusative singular sidu nominative plural sida genitive plural sida -
habit — bad habit, vice
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unþēaw genitive singular unþēawes dative singular unþēawe accusative singular unþēaw nominative plural unþēawas genitive plural unþēawa -
habit — a nun's habit
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular nunnsċrūd genitive singular nunnsċrūdes dative singular nunnsċryd accusative singular nunnsċrūd nominative plural nunnsċrūd genitive plural nunnsċrūda -
habit — custom
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġewuna genitive singular ġewunan dative singular ġewunan accusative singular ġewunan nominative plural ġewunan genitive plural ġewunena -
habit — denoting a specified way, manner, condition, habit or direction
- appears in the definition
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habit — to keep watch over (cattle etc.)
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative healde first-person singular past indicative hēold second-person singular present indicative hielst, hieltst second-person singular past indicative hēolde third-person singular present indicative hielt third-person singular past indicative hēold
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “habit” 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 “habit”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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