Modern English → Old English
Old English word for shy
3 headwords match “shy”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 3 strongest follow; sceoh ranks first.
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shy — shy
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sċēoh strong nominative singular feminine sċēoh strong nominative singular neuter sċēoh strong accusative singular masculine sċēone, sċēonne strong accusative singular feminine sċēo strong accusative singular neuter sċēoh -
shy — gentle; shy; cowardly; timid
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine blēaþ strong nominative singular feminine blēaþ strong nominative singular neuter blēaþ strong accusative singular masculine blēaþne strong accusative singular feminine blēaþe strong accusative singular neuter blēaþ -
shy — to shy away from, shun
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sċyhhe first-person singular past indicative sċyhte second-person singular present indicative sċyhest second-person singular past indicative sċyhtest third-person singular present indicative sċyheþ third-person singular past indicative sċyhte
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “shy” 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 “shy”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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