Modern English → Old English
Old English word for straight
9 headwords match “straight”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 9 strongest follow; rihte ranks first.
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straight — straight
- opens the headword's definition
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straight — straight, directly
- opens the headword's definition
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straight — skilful, wise, clever, straight
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġerād strong nominative singular feminine ġerād strong nominative singular neuter ġerād strong accusative singular masculine ġerādne strong accusative singular feminine ġerāde strong accusative singular neuter ġerād -
straight — straight down, directly downwards
- opens the headword's definition
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straight — straight ahead, straight forward
- opens the headword's definition
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straight — to stretch, hold out, extend
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative streċċe first-person singular past indicative streahte, strehte second-person singular present indicative streċest second-person singular past indicative streahtest, strehtest third-person singular present indicative streċeþ third-person singular past indicative streahte, strehte -
straight — right (as opposed to wrong)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine riht strong nominative singular feminine riht strong nominative singular neuter riht strong accusative singular masculine rihtne strong accusative singular feminine rihte strong accusative singular neuter riht -
straight — to correct, reform, amend, set right or straight, direct
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġerihte first-person singular past indicative ġerihte second-person singular present indicative ġerihtest, ġerihst, ġerihtst second-person singular past indicative ġerihtest third-person singular present indicative ġerihteþ, ġeriht third-person singular past indicative ġerihte -
straight — that which is right, just, or fair; justice; equity
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine ġeriht strong nominative singular feminine ġeriht strong nominative singular neuter ġeriht strong accusative singular masculine ġerihtne strong accusative singular feminine ġerihte strong accusative singular neuter ġeriht
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “straight” 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?
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