Modern English → Old English
Old English word for threaten
7 headwords match “threaten”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; þreatian ranks first.
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threaten — to threaten
- 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 þrēatiġe first-person singular past indicative þrēatode second-person singular present indicative þrēatast second-person singular past indicative þrēatodest third-person singular present indicative þrēataþ third-person singular past indicative þrēatode -
threaten — to threaten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative hwōpe first-person singular past indicative hwēop second-person singular present indicative hwēpst second-person singular past indicative hwēope third-person singular present indicative hwēpþ third-person singular past indicative hwēop -
threaten — to threaten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bēotiġe first-person singular past indicative bēotode second-person singular present indicative bēotast second-person singular past indicative bēotodest third-person singular present indicative bēotaþ third-person singular past indicative bēotode -
threaten — to threaten
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þrēaġe first-person singular past indicative þrēade second-person singular present indicative þrēast second-person singular past indicative þrēadest third-person singular present indicative þrēaþ third-person singular past indicative þrēade -
threaten — to be hateful
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ālāþiġe first-person singular past indicative ālāþode second-person singular present indicative ālāþast second-person singular past indicative ālāþodest third-person singular present indicative ālāþaþ third-person singular past indicative ālāþode -
threaten — to promise, vow
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġehāte first-person singular past indicative ġehēt, ġehēht second-person singular present indicative ġehǣtst second-person singular past indicative ġehēte, ġehēhte third-person singular present indicative ġehǣtt, ġehǣt third-person singular past indicative ġehēt, ġehēht -
threaten — to press, impress, force
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative þēowe first-person singular past indicative þēowde second-person singular present indicative þēowest, þēowst second-person singular past indicative þēowdest third-person singular present indicative þēoweþ, þēowþ third-person singular past indicative þēowde
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “threaten” 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 “threaten”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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