Modern English → Old English
Old English word for soft
10 headwords match “soft”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; sefte ranks first.
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soft — soft, luxurious
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sēfte strong nominative singular feminine sēftu, sēfto strong nominative singular neuter sēfte strong accusative singular masculine sēftne strong accusative singular feminine sēfte strong accusative singular neuter sēfte -
soft — soft marshy ground
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular cwabbe genitive singular cwabban dative singular cwabban accusative singular cwabban nominative plural cwabban genitive plural cwabbena -
soft — soft; delicate, tender
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine hnesċe strong nominative singular feminine hnesċu, hnesċo strong nominative singular neuter hnesċe strong accusative singular masculine hnesċne strong accusative singular feminine hnesċe strong accusative singular neuter hnesċe -
soft — soft mud; mire
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular wāse genitive singular wāsan dative singular wāsan accusative singular wāsan nominative plural wāsan genitive plural wāsena -
soft — pliant, supple, flexible, soft, yielding
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine liþiġ strong nominative singular feminine liþiġ strong nominative singular neuter liþiġ strong accusative singular masculine liþiġne strong accusative singular feminine liþiġe strong accusative singular neuter liþiġ -
soft — softly
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- alternative form
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sōfte strong nominative singular feminine sōftu, sōfto strong nominative singular neuter sōfte strong accusative singular masculine sōftne strong accusative singular feminine sōfte strong accusative singular neuter sōfte -
soft — to assuage, calm
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative līþigiġe first-person singular past indicative līþigode second-person singular present indicative līþigast second-person singular past indicative līþigodest third-person singular present indicative līþigaþ third-person singular past indicative līþigode -
soft — to weaken, soften
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āhnesċiġe first-person singular past indicative āhnesċode second-person singular present indicative āhnesċast second-person singular past indicative āhnesċodest third-person singular present indicative āhnesċaþ third-person singular past indicative āhnesċode -
soft — to console, comfort, soothe
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfrēfre first-person singular past indicative āfrēfrede second-person singular present indicative āfrēfrest second-person singular past indicative āfrēfredest third-person singular present indicative āfrēfreþ third-person singular past indicative āfrēfrede -
soft — to console, comfort, soothe
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āfrēfriġe first-person singular past indicative āfrēfrode second-person singular present indicative āfrēfrast second-person singular past indicative āfrēfrodest third-person singular present indicative āfrēfraþ third-person singular past indicative āfrēfrode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “soft” 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 “soft”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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