Modern English → Old English
Old English word for step
10 headwords match “step”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; stæpe ranks first.
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step — step
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular stæpe genitive singular stæpes dative singular stæpe accusative singular stæpe nominative plural stæpas, stapas genitive plural stæpa, stapa -
step — to step
- 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 stæppe first-person singular past indicative stōp second-person singular present indicative stæpest second-person singular past indicative stōpe third-person singular present indicative stæpeþ third-person singular past indicative stōp -
step — step
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular tredel genitive singular tredeles dative singular tredele accusative singular tredel nominative plural tredelas genitive plural tredela -
step — stair, step; staircase
- appears in the 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 -
step — grade, step, order, degree, rank
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular grad genitive singular grades dative singular grade accusative singular grad nominative plural gradas genitive plural grada -
step — step by step; gradually, by degrees
- opens the headword's definition
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step — entrance (place of entry or act of entering)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ingang genitive singular inganges dative singular ingange accusative singular ingang nominative plural ingangas genitive plural inganga -
step — to tread or step upon, go, enter
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative besteppe first-person singular past indicative bestōp second-person singular present indicative bestæpest second-person singular past indicative bestōpe third-person singular present indicative bestæpeþ third-person singular past indicative bestōp -
step — to step carefully or stealthily
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative stealciġe first-person singular past indicative stealcode second-person singular present indicative stealcast second-person singular past indicative stealcodest third-person singular present indicative stealcaþ third-person singular past indicative stealcode -
step — to step or come before, prevent
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative foresteppe first-person singular past indicative forestōp second-person singular present indicative forestepest second-person singular past indicative forestōpe third-person singular present indicative forestepeþ third-person singular past indicative forestōp
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “step” 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 “step”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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