Modern English → Old English
Old English word for hesitate
5 headwords match “hesitate”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; ieldan ranks first.
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hesitate — to put off, delay, prolong; hesitate, tarry; postpone, procrastinate
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ielde first-person singular past indicative ielde second-person singular present indicative ieldest, ielst, ieltst second-person singular past indicative ieldest third-person singular present indicative ieldeþ, ielt third-person singular past indicative ielde -
hesitate — to hesitate (with æt = about something)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wandiġe first-person singular past indicative wandode second-person singular present indicative wandast second-person singular past indicative wandodest third-person singular present indicative wandaþ third-person singular past indicative wandode -
hesitate — to wander
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative malscriġe first-person singular past indicative malscrode second-person singular present indicative malscrast second-person singular past indicative malscrodest third-person singular present indicative malscraþ third-person singular past indicative malscrode -
hesitate — to hinder, delay, impede
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative gǣle first-person singular past indicative gǣlde second-person singular present indicative gǣlest, gǣlst second-person singular past indicative gǣldest third-person singular present indicative gǣleþ, gǣlþ third-person singular past indicative gǣlde -
hesitate — to be agitated, astonished, amazed
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wafiġe first-person singular past indicative wafode second-person singular present indicative wafast second-person singular past indicative wafodest third-person singular present indicative wafaþ third-person singular past indicative wafode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “hesitate” 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 “hesitate”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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