Modern English → Old English
Old English word for must
3 headwords match “must”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; must ranks first.
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must — must (newly or partially fermented wine)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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must — can (to be allowed)
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative mōt first-person singular past indicative mōste second-person singular present indicative mōst second-person singular past indicative mōstest third-person singular present indicative mōt third-person singular past indicative mōste -
must — should
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċeal first-person singular past indicative sċeolde second-person singular present indicative sċealt second-person singular past indicative sċeoldest third-person singular present indicative sċeal third-person singular past indicative sċeolde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “must” 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 “must”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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