Modern English → Old English
Old English word for steep
5 headwords match “steep”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; steap ranks first.
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steep — steep
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stēap strong nominative singular feminine stēap strong nominative singular neuter stēap strong accusative singular masculine stēapne strong accusative singular feminine stēape strong accusative singular neuter stēap -
steep — steep
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stǣġel strong nominative singular feminine stǣġelu, stǣġlu, stǣġelo, stǣġlo strong nominative singular neuter stǣġel strong accusative singular masculine stǣġelne strong accusative singular feminine stǣġele, stǣġle strong accusative singular neuter stǣġel -
steep — steep
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine stæger strong nominative singular feminine stæger strong nominative singular neuter stæger strong accusative singular masculine stægerne strong accusative singular feminine stægere strong accusative singular neuter stæger -
steep — tall, high, steep
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine brant strong nominative singular feminine brant strong nominative singular neuter brant strong accusative singular masculine brantne strong accusative singular feminine brante strong accusative singular neuter brant -
steep — cliffy, steep
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine clifiht strong nominative singular feminine clifiht strong nominative singular neuter clifiht strong accusative singular masculine clifihtne strong accusative singular feminine clifihte strong accusative singular neuter clifiht
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “steep” 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 “steep”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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