Modern English → Old English
Old English word for think
5 headwords match “think”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; þencan ranks first.
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think — to think
- 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 þenċe first-person singular past indicative þōhte second-person singular present indicative þenċest, þencst second-person singular past indicative þōhtest third-person singular present indicative þenċeþ, þencþ third-person singular past indicative þōhte -
think — to seem, (impersonal, with dative subject) to think
- 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 þynċe first-person singular past indicative þūhte second-person singular present indicative þynċest, þyncst second-person singular past indicative þūhtest third-person singular present indicative þynċeþ, þyncþ third-person singular past indicative þūhte -
think — to think
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hyċġe first-person singular past indicative hogde second-person singular present indicative hyġst second-person singular past indicative hogdest third-person singular present indicative hyġþ third-person singular past indicative hogde -
think — to think, consider
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rǣswe first-person singular past indicative rǣswede second-person singular present indicative rǣswest second-person singular past indicative rǣswedest third-person singular present indicative rǣsweþ third-person singular past indicative rǣswede -
think — consider, think about
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative smēaġe first-person singular past indicative smēade, smēaġde second-person singular present indicative smēast, smēaġest, smēaġst second-person singular past indicative smēadest, smēaġdest third-person singular present indicative smēaþ, smēaġeþ, smēaġþ third-person singular past indicative smēade, smēaġde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “think” 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 “think”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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