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Old English word for slide

6 headwords match “slide”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 6 strongest follow; slidan ranks first.

  1. 1

    slidan

    score 17

    verb · strong class I · 15 inflected forms

    slide — to slide

    • 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 slīde
    first-person singular past indicative slād
    second-person singular present indicative slītst
    second-person singular past indicative slide
    third-person singular present indicative slītt, slīt
    third-person singular past indicative slād
  2. 2

    slican

    score 8

    verb · strong class I · 14 inflected forms

    slide — to slide

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative slīce
    first-person singular past indicative slāc
    second-person singular present indicative slīcst
    second-person singular past indicative slice
    third-person singular present indicative slīcþ
    third-person singular past indicative slāc
  3. 3

    slupan

    score 8

    verb · strong class II · 15 inflected forms

    slide — to slip, slide

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative slūpe
    first-person singular past indicative slēap
    second-person singular present indicative slȳpst
    second-person singular past indicative slupe
    third-person singular present indicative slȳpþ
    third-person singular past indicative slēap
  4. 4

    aglidan

    score 8

    verb · strong class I · 14 inflected forms

    slide — to slide, glide

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative āglīde
    first-person singular past indicative āglād
    second-person singular present indicative āglītst
    second-person singular past indicative āglide
    third-person singular present indicative āglītt, āglīt
    third-person singular past indicative āglād
  5. 5

    slidorian

    score 8

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    slide — to slide

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative slidoriġe
    first-person singular past indicative slidorode
    second-person singular present indicative slidorast
    second-person singular past indicative slidorodest
    third-person singular present indicative slidoraþ
    third-person singular past indicative slidorode
  6. 6

    ætslidan

    score 4

    verb · strong class I · 14 inflected forms

    slide — to slip, fall, slip away, slide away

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ætslīde
    first-person singular past indicative ætslād
    second-person singular present indicative ætslītst
    second-person singular past indicative ætslide
    third-person singular present indicative ætslītt, ætslīt
    third-person singular past indicative ætslād

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “slide” 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.

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