Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sweet
10 headwords match “sweet”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; swete ranks first.
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sweet — sweet (of smell or taste)
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine swēte strong nominative singular feminine swētu, swēto strong nominative singular neuter swēte strong accusative singular masculine swētne strong accusative singular feminine swēte strong accusative singular neuter swēte -
sweet — sweet
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lec strong nominative singular feminine lecu, leco strong nominative singular neuter lec strong accusative singular masculine lecne strong accusative singular feminine lece strong accusative singular neuter lec -
sweet — sweet as honey
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine huniġswēte strong nominative singular feminine huniġswētu, huniġswēto strong nominative singular neuter huniġswēte strong accusative singular masculine huniġswētne strong accusative singular feminine huniġswēte strong accusative singular neuter huniġswēte -
sweet — sweet flag, Acorus calamus, bee-plant
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular bēowyrt genitive singular bēowyrte dative singular bēowyrte accusative singular bēowyrt, bēowyrte nominative plural bēowyrte, bēowyrta genitive plural bēowyrta -
sweet — Not sweet; unsweet.
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unswēte strong nominative singular feminine unswētu, unswēto strong nominative singular neuter unswēte strong accusative singular masculine unswētne strong accusative singular feminine unswēte strong accusative singular neuter unswēte -
sweet — to sweeten
- 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 swēte first-person singular past indicative swētte second-person singular present indicative swētest, swētst second-person singular past indicative swēttest third-person singular present indicative swēteþ, swētt, swēt third-person singular past indicative swētte -
sweet — gale, sweet gale (Myrica gale)
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gagel genitive singular gageles dative singular gagele accusative singular gagel nominative plural gagelas genitive plural gagela -
sweet — a sweet boiled wine spiced with herbs
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōraþ genitive singular mōraþes dative singular mōraþe accusative singular mōraþ nominative plural mōraþ genitive plural mōraþa -
sweet — honeyed
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sweet — synonym of swēte (“sweet”)
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sweet” 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 “sweet”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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