Modern English → Old English
Old English word for reeve
5 headwords match “reeve”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; gerefa ranks first.
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reeve — a reeve or official with local jurisdiction under the king; the chief magistrate of a dist
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġerēfa genitive singular ġerēfan dative singular ġerēfan accusative singular ġerēfan nominative plural ġerēfan genitive plural ġerēfena -
reeve — prefect
- listed as an English descendant
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reeve — the reeve of a wīc or settlement
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wīcġerēfa genitive singular wīcġerēfan dative singular wīcġerēfan accusative singular wīcġerēfan nominative plural wīcġerēfan genitive plural wīcġerēfena -
reeve — to tear, rend, rip
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rēofe first-person singular past indicative rēaf second-person singular present indicative rīefst second-person singular past indicative rufe third-person singular present indicative rīefþ third-person singular past indicative rēaf -
reeve — a title apparently higher in rank than a ġerēfa (“reeve”)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hēahġerēfa genitive singular hēahġerēfan dative singular hēahġerēfan accusative singular hēahġerēfan nominative plural hēahġerēfan genitive plural hēahġerēfena
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “reeve” 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 “reeve”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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