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Old English word for hate

5 headwords match “hate”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hatian ranks first.

  1. 1

    hatian

    score 17

    verb · weak class 2 · 30 inflected forms

    hate — to hate

    • 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 hatiġe
    first-person singular past indicative hatode
    second-person singular present indicative hatast
    second-person singular past indicative hatodest
    third-person singular present indicative hataþ
    third-person singular past indicative hatode
  2. 2

    hat

    score 12

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    hate — a promise

    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine hāt
    strong nominative singular feminine hāt
    strong nominative singular neuter hāt
    strong accusative singular masculine hātne
    strong accusative singular feminine hāte
    strong accusative singular neuter hāt
  3. 3

    hete

    score 12

    noun, masculine · strong i-stem · 5 inflected forms

    hate — hatred

    • listed as an English descendant
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    nominative singular hete
    genitive singular hetes
    dative singular hete
    accusative singular hete
    nominative plural hetas
    genitive plural heta
  4. 4

    heterof

    score 9

    adjective · 10 inflected forms

    hate — full of hate, hateful

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    Paradigm summary
    strong nominative singular masculine heterōf
    strong nominative singular feminine heterōf
    strong nominative singular neuter heterōf
    strong accusative singular masculine heterōfne
    strong accusative singular feminine heterōfe
    strong accusative singular neuter heterōf
  5. 5

    feogan

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    hate — to hate; persecute

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative fēoġe
    first-person singular past indicative fēode
    second-person singular present indicative fēost
    second-person singular past indicative fēodest
    third-person singular present indicative fēoþ
    third-person singular past indicative fēode

How this ranking works

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