Modern English → Old English
Old English word for should
5 headwords match “should”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 5 strongest follow; sculan ranks first.
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should — should
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċeal first-person singular past indicative sċeolde second-person singular present indicative sċealt second-person singular past indicative sċeoldest third-person singular present indicative sċeal third-person singular past indicative sċeolde -
should — to own, possess
- 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 -
should — to urge, to admonish (to bring to mind what should be done or what should not be forgotten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative maniġe first-person singular past indicative manode second-person singular present indicative manast second-person singular past indicative manodest third-person singular present indicative manaþ third-person singular past indicative manode -
should — but
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular āc genitive singular ǣċ, āce, āces dative singular ǣċ, āce accusative singular āc, āce nominative plural ǣċ, āca, āce, ācas genitive plural āca -
should — to leave alone
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ānforlǣte first-person singular past indicative ānforlēt, ānforleort second-person singular present indicative ānforlǣtst second-person singular past indicative ānforlēte, ānforleorte third-person singular present indicative ānforlǣtt, ānforlǣt third-person singular past indicative ānforlēt, ānforleort
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “should” 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 “should”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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