eldertongue

Modern English → Old English

Old English word for overshadow

5 headwords match “overshadow”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; ofersceadwian ranks first.

  1. 1

    ofersceadwian

    score 17

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    overshadow — to overshadow

    • 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 ofersċeadwiġe
    first-person singular past indicative ofersċeadwode
    second-person singular present indicative ofersċeadwast
    second-person singular past indicative ofersċeadwodest
    third-person singular present indicative ofersċeadwaþ
    third-person singular past indicative ofersċeadwode
  2. 2

    oferhelmian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    overshadow — to overshadow

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative oferhelmiġe
    first-person singular past indicative oferhelmode
    second-person singular present indicative oferhelmast
    second-person singular past indicative oferhelmodest
    third-person singular present indicative oferhelmaþ
    third-person singular past indicative oferhelmode
  3. 3

    besceaduwian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    overshadow — to overshadow

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative besċeaduwiġe
    first-person singular past indicative besċeaduwode
    second-person singular present indicative besċeaduwast
    second-person singular past indicative besċeaduwodest
    third-person singular present indicative besċeaduwaþ
    third-person singular past indicative besċeaduwode
  4. 4

    sceadwian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    overshadow — to overshadow, cover with shadow

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative sċeadwiġe
    first-person singular past indicative sċeadwode
    second-person singular present indicative sċeadwast
    second-person singular past indicative sċeadwodest
    third-person singular present indicative sċeadwaþ
    third-person singular past indicative sċeadwode
  5. 5

    oferscuwan

    score 5

    verb

    overshadow — to overshadow

    • appears in the definition
    • verb: derivation noise is possible

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “overshadow” 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 “overshadow”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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