Modern English → Old English
Old English word for thought
5 headwords match “thought”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; þoht ranks first.
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thought — thought
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
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thought — thought, contemplation, intention
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġehyġd genitive singular ġehyġde dative singular ġehyġde accusative singular ġehyġd, ġehyġde nominative plural ġehyġde, ġehyġda genitive plural ġehyġda -
thought — thought, mind
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular ġeþanc genitive singular ġeþances dative singular ġeþance accusative singular ġeþanc nominative plural ġeþancas, ġeþanc genitive plural ġeþanca -
thought — thought, thinking, cogitation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular inġeþanc genitive singular inġeþances dative singular inġeþance accusative singular inġeþanc nominative plural inġeþancas, inġeþanc genitive plural inġeþanca -
thought — thought, intention
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular mōdġehyġd genitive singular mōdġehyġde dative singular mōdġehyġde accusative singular mōdġehyġd, mōdġehyġde nominative plural mōdġehyġde, mōdġehyġda genitive plural mōdġehyġda
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “thought” 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 “thought”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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