Modern English → Old English
Old English word for let
10 headwords match “let”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; lætan ranks first.
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let — to let, allow
- 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 lǣte first-person singular past indicative lēt, leort second-person singular present indicative lǣtst second-person singular past indicative lēte, leorte third-person singular present indicative lǣtt, lǣt third-person singular past indicative lēt, leort -
let — to hinder, obstruct
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lette first-person singular past indicative lette second-person singular present indicative letst second-person singular past indicative lettest third-person singular present indicative lett, let third-person singular past indicative lette -
let — let there be light
- opens the headword's definition
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let — to let go in different directions
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative tōlǣte first-person singular past indicative tōlēt, tōleort second-person singular present indicative tōlǣtst second-person singular past indicative tōlēte, tōleorte third-person singular present indicative tōlǣtt, tōlǣt third-person singular past indicative tōlēt, tōleort -
let — to make known: tell, inform, announce, reveal, let know
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative cȳþe first-person singular past indicative cȳþde, cȳdde second-person singular present indicative cȳþest, cȳst second-person singular past indicative cȳþdest, cȳddest third-person singular present indicative cȳþeþ, cȳþþ, cȳþ third-person singular past indicative cȳþde, cȳdde -
let — to consent or agree to, to let happen or be done, to take up
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þafiġe first-person singular past indicative þafode second-person singular present indicative þafast second-person singular past indicative þafodest third-person singular present indicative þafaþ third-person singular past indicative þafode -
let — to leave alone; let alone; forbear; give up; relinquish
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ānlǣte first-person singular past indicative ānlēt, ānleort second-person singular present indicative ānlǣtst second-person singular past indicative ānlēte, ānleorte third-person singular present indicative ānlǣtt, ānlǣt third-person singular past indicative ānlēt, ānleort -
let — to let go, lose
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative belēose first-person singular past indicative belēas second-person singular present indicative belīest second-person singular past indicative belure third-person singular present indicative belīest third-person singular past indicative belēas -
let — to let one's eyes wander.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative gorette first-person singular past indicative gorette second-person singular present indicative goretst second-person singular past indicative gorettest third-person singular present indicative gorett, goret third-person singular past indicative gorette -
let — to leave, depart, forsake, abandon
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ālǣte first-person singular past indicative ālēt, āleort second-person singular present indicative ālǣtst second-person singular past indicative ālēte, āleorte third-person singular present indicative ālǣtt, ālǣt third-person singular past indicative ālēt, āleort
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “let” 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 “let”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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