Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lead
5 headwords match “lead”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; lead ranks first.
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lead — lead
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lēad genitive singular lēades dative singular lēade accusative singular lēad -
lead — to lead
- 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 lǣde first-person singular past indicative lǣdde second-person singular present indicative lǣdest, lǣtst second-person singular past indicative lǣddest third-person singular present indicative lǣdeþ, lǣtt, lǣt third-person singular past indicative lǣdde -
lead — lead
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine līeden strong nominative singular feminine līedenu, līednu, līedeno, līedno strong nominative singular neuter līeden strong accusative singular masculine līedenne strong accusative singular feminine līedene, līedne strong accusative singular neuter līeden -
lead — to lead
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġelǣde first-person singular past indicative ġelǣdde second-person singular present indicative ġelǣdest, ġelǣtst second-person singular past indicative ġelǣddest third-person singular present indicative ġelǣdeþ, ġelǣtt, ġelǣt third-person singular past indicative ġelǣdde -
lead — to lead forth
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative forþtēo first-person singular past indicative forþtēah second-person singular present indicative forþtīehst second-person singular past indicative forþtuge third-person singular present indicative forþtīehþ third-person singular past indicative forþtēah
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “lead” 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 “lead”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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