Modern English → Old English
Old English word for improve
5 headwords match “improve”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; betan ranks first.
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improve — to improve
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bēte first-person singular past indicative bētte second-person singular present indicative bētest, bētst second-person singular past indicative bēttest third-person singular present indicative bēteþ, bētt, bēt third-person singular past indicative bētte -
improve — to ennoble, improve
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative æþeliġe first-person singular past indicative æþelode second-person singular present indicative æþelast second-person singular past indicative æþelodest third-person singular present indicative æþelaþ third-person singular past indicative æþelode -
improve — to improve
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bōtette first-person singular past indicative bōtette second-person singular present indicative bōtetst second-person singular past indicative bōtettest third-person singular present indicative bōtett, bōtet third-person singular past indicative bōtette -
improve — to improve, to make better
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beteriġe first-person singular past indicative beterode second-person singular present indicative beterast second-person singular past indicative beterodest third-person singular present indicative beteraþ third-person singular past indicative beterode -
improve — to fatten, to get fatter
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative batiġe first-person singular past indicative batode second-person singular present indicative batast second-person singular past indicative batodest third-person singular present indicative bataþ third-person singular past indicative batode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “improve” 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 “improve”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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