Modern English → Old English
Old English word for perhaps
9 headwords match “perhaps”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; loppe ranks first.
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perhaps — spider (perhaps also flea)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular loppe genitive singular loppan dative singular loppan accusative singular loppan nominative plural loppan genitive plural loppena -
perhaps — sin, crime
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular eofot genitive singular eofotes dative singular eofote accusative singular eofot nominative plural eofot genitive plural eofota -
perhaps — a letter of the expanded Old English runic alphabet, of unclear pronunciation but perhaps
- appears in the definition
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perhaps — Unclear; but perhaps refers to a sinew or other part of the thigh.
- appears in the definition
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perhaps — Definition unclear, perhaps "one who has a mustache".
- appears in the definition
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perhaps — penis (perhaps specifically an erect one)
- appears in the definition
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perhaps — Unclear. Perhaps "an oak usable for shipbuilding."
- appears in the definition
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perhaps — Unclear; perhaps well done, hooray, or in later years welcome. Glosses Latin euge.
- appears in the definition
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perhaps — Meaning unclear, perhaps "strong from taking food"
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “perhaps” 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 “perhaps”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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