Modern English → Old English
Old English word for riddle
5 headwords match “riddle”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; rædels ranks first.
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riddle — guess: conjecture, interpretation
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular rǣdels genitive singular rǣdelses dative singular rǣdelse accusative singular rǣdels nominative plural rǣdelsas genitive plural rǣdelsa -
riddle — sieve
- listed as an English descendant
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riddle — marsh frog
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular fenȳċe genitive singular fenȳċan, fenȳċean, fenȳċes dative singular fenȳċan, fenȳċean, fenȳċe accusative singular fenȳċan, fenȳċean, fenȳċe nominative plural fenȳċan, fenȳċean, fenȳċas, fenȳċeas genitive plural fenȳċena, fenȳċa, fenȳċea -
riddle — any crawling animal, especially
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wyrm genitive singular wyrmes dative singular wyrme accusative singular wyrm nominative plural wyrmas genitive plural wyrma -
riddle — to take counsel, care for, appoint, determine, fix
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ārǣde first-person singular past indicative ārǣdde second-person singular present indicative ārǣdest, ārǣtst second-person singular past indicative ārǣddest third-person singular present indicative ārǣdeþ, ārǣtt, ārǣt third-person singular past indicative ārǣdde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “riddle” 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 “riddle”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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