Modern English → Old English
Old English word for know
5 headwords match “know”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; cnawan ranks first.
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know — to know
- 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 cnāwe first-person singular past indicative cnēow second-person singular present indicative cnǣwst second-person singular past indicative cnēowe third-person singular present indicative cnǣwþ third-person singular past indicative cnēow -
know — to know, recognise
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ācnāwe first-person singular past indicative ācnēow second-person singular present indicative ācnǣwst second-person singular past indicative ācnēowe third-person singular present indicative ācnǣwþ third-person singular past indicative ācnēow -
know — to know
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative becnāwe first-person singular past indicative becnēow second-person singular present indicative becnǣwst second-person singular past indicative becnēowe third-person singular present indicative becnǣwþ third-person singular past indicative becnēow -
know — to not know, not be aware of
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative nāt first-person singular past indicative nysse, nyste second-person singular present indicative nāst second-person singular past indicative nyssest, nystest third-person singular present indicative nāt third-person singular past indicative nysse, nyste -
know — to know, be aware of
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wāt first-person singular past indicative wisse, wiste second-person singular present indicative wāst second-person singular past indicative wissest, wistest third-person singular present indicative wāt third-person singular past indicative wisse, wiste
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “know” 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 “know”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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