Modern English → Old English
Old English word for right
5 headwords match “right”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; riht ranks first.
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right — right (as opposed to wrong)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine riht strong nominative singular feminine riht strong nominative singular neuter riht strong accusative singular masculine rihtne strong accusative singular feminine rihte strong accusative singular neuter riht -
right — to right, restore
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rihte first-person singular past indicative rihte second-person singular present indicative rihtest, rihst, rihtst second-person singular past indicative rihtest third-person singular present indicative rihteþ, riht third-person singular past indicative rihte -
right — right, just
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine rēþe strong nominative singular feminine rēþu, rēþo strong nominative singular neuter rēþe strong accusative singular masculine rēþne strong accusative singular feminine rēþe strong accusative singular neuter rēþe -
right — right; just
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeriht strong nominative singular feminine ġeriht strong nominative singular neuter ġeriht strong accusative singular masculine ġerihtne strong accusative singular feminine ġerihte strong accusative singular neuter ġeriht -
right — right (direction)
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine swīþra strong nominative singular feminine swīþre strong nominative singular neuter swīþre strong accusative singular masculine swīþran strong accusative singular feminine swīþran strong accusative singular neuter swīþre
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “right” 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 “right”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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