Modern English → Old English
Old English word for proverb
7 headwords match “proverb”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; bicwide ranks first.
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proverb — proverb
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bīcwide genitive singular bīcwides dative singular bīcwide accusative singular bīcwide nominative plural bīcwidas genitive plural bīcwida -
proverb — proverb
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bīwyrde genitive singular bīwyrdes dative singular bīwyrde accusative singular bīwyrde nominative plural bīwyrde genitive plural bīwyrda -
proverb — proverb
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gydda genitive singular gyddan dative singular gyddan accusative singular gyddan nominative plural gyddan genitive plural gyddena -
proverb — example, pattern; proverb
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bīspell genitive singular bīspelles dative singular bīspelle accusative singular bīspell nominative plural bīspell genitive plural bīspella -
proverb — a true word, proverb
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sōþword genitive singular sōþwordes dative singular sōþworde accusative singular sōþword nominative plural sōþword genitive plural sōþworda -
proverb — an adverb
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bīword genitive singular bīwordes dative singular bīworde accusative singular bīword nominative plural bīword genitive plural bīworda -
proverb — a speech, word; saying, term, expression
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġecwide genitive singular ġecwides dative singular ġecwide accusative singular ġecwide nominative plural ġecwidas genitive plural ġecwida
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “proverb” 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 “proverb”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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