Modern English → Old English
Old English word for possess
10 headwords match “possess”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; agan ranks first.
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possess — to own, possess
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āh first-person singular past indicative āhte second-person singular present indicative āhst second-person singular past indicative āhtest third-person singular present indicative āh third-person singular past indicative āhte -
possess — to not possess
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative nāh first-person singular past indicative nāhte second-person singular present indicative nāhst second-person singular past indicative nāhtest third-person singular present indicative nāh third-person singular past indicative nāhte -
possess — to own, possess
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeāh first-person singular past indicative ġeāhte second-person singular present indicative ġeāhst second-person singular past indicative ġeāhtest third-person singular present indicative ġeāh third-person singular past indicative ġeāhte -
possess — to have, possess
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hæbbe first-person singular past indicative hæfde second-person singular present indicative hæfst second-person singular past indicative hæfdest third-person singular present indicative hæfþ third-person singular past indicative hæfde -
possess — to own, possess
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġeāgniġe first-person singular past indicative ġeāgnode second-person singular present indicative ġeāgnast second-person singular past indicative ġeāgnodest third-person singular present indicative ġeāgnaþ third-person singular past indicative ġeāgnode -
possess — to claim possession
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āgniġe first-person singular past indicative āgnode second-person singular present indicative āgnast second-person singular past indicative āgnodest third-person singular present indicative āgnaþ third-person singular past indicative āgnode -
possess — to guard, protect
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative weardiġe first-person singular past indicative weardode second-person singular present indicative weardast second-person singular past indicative weardodest third-person singular present indicative weardaþ third-person singular past indicative weardode -
possess — to keep watch over (cattle etc.)
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative healde first-person singular past indicative hēold second-person singular present indicative hielst, hieltst second-person singular past indicative hēolde third-person singular present indicative hielt third-person singular past indicative hēold -
possess — to control
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wielde first-person singular past indicative wielde second-person singular present indicative wieldest, wielst, wieltst second-person singular past indicative wieldest third-person singular present indicative wieldeþ, wielt third-person singular past indicative wielde -
possess — to make busy, employ
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ābisgiġe first-person singular past indicative ābisgode second-person singular present indicative ābisgast second-person singular past indicative ābisgodest third-person singular present indicative ābisgaþ third-person singular past indicative ābisgode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “possess” 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?
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