Modern English → Old English
Old English word for slippery
4 headwords match “slippery”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; slipor ranks first.
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slippery — slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine slipor strong nominative singular feminine slipor strong nominative singular neuter slipor strong accusative singular masculine sliporne strong accusative singular feminine slipore strong accusative singular neuter slipor -
slippery — slippery
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine slidor strong nominative singular feminine slidor strong nominative singular neuter slidor strong accusative singular masculine slidorne strong accusative singular feminine slidore strong accusative singular neuter slidor -
slippery — slippery
- opens the headword's definition
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slippery — to become slippery
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative denniġe first-person singular past indicative dennode second-person singular present indicative dennast second-person singular past indicative dennodest third-person singular present indicative dennaþ third-person singular past indicative dennode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “slippery” 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 “slippery”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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