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Old English word for strew

5 headwords match “strew”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; streawian ranks first.

  1. 1

    streawian

    score 17

    verb · weak class 2 · 15 inflected forms

    strew — to strew

    • 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 strēawiġe
    first-person singular past indicative strēawode
    second-person singular present indicative strēawast
    second-person singular past indicative strēawodest
    third-person singular present indicative strēawaþ
    third-person singular past indicative strēawode
  2. 2

    stregan

    score 8

    verb · weak class 1 · 17 inflected forms

    strew — to strew

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative strēġe
    first-person singular past indicative strēġde
    second-person singular present indicative strēġest, strēġst
    second-person singular past indicative strēġdest
    third-person singular present indicative strēġeþ, strēġþ
    third-person singular past indicative strēġde
  3. 3

    ageotan

    score 6

    verb · strong class II · 15 inflected forms

    strew — to pour out, shed, strew, spill

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative āġēote
    first-person singular past indicative āġēat
    second-person singular present indicative āġīetst
    second-person singular past indicative āgute
    third-person singular present indicative āġīett, āġīet
    third-person singular past indicative āġēat
  4. 4

    stregdan

    score 6

    verb · strong class III · 16 inflected forms

    strew — to strew, spread, scatter, sprinkle

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative streġde
    first-person singular past indicative stræġd, strǣd
    second-person singular present indicative streġdest
    second-person singular past indicative strugde
    third-person singular present indicative streġdeþ
    third-person singular past indicative stræġd, strǣd
  5. 5

    bestreawian

    score 6

    verb · weak class 2 · 14 inflected forms

    strew — to bestrew; strew all over, besprinkle

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative bestrēawiġe
    first-person singular past indicative bestrēawode
    second-person singular present indicative bestrēawast
    second-person singular past indicative bestrēawodest
    third-person singular present indicative bestrēawaþ
    third-person singular past indicative bestrēawode

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “strew” 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.

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