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Old English word for traverse

10 headwords match “traverse”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 10 strongest follow; pæþþan ranks first.

  1. 1

    pæþþan

    score 8

    verb · weak class 1 · 15 inflected forms

    traverse — to traverse

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative pæþþe
    first-person singular past indicative pæþde
    second-person singular present indicative pæþest
    second-person singular past indicative pæþdest
    third-person singular present indicative pæþeþ
    third-person singular past indicative pæþde
  2. 2

    gewealcan

    score 8

    verb · strong class VII · 13 inflected forms

    traverse — to go, traverse

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġewealce
    first-person singular past indicative ġewēolc
    second-person singular present indicative ġewielcst
    second-person singular past indicative ġewēolce
    third-person singular present indicative ġewielcþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġewēolc
  3. 3

    began

    score 6

    verb · 11 inflected forms

    traverse — to bego, go over, traverse; get to, come by, fall into, go through, traverse

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative begā
    first-person singular past indicative beēode
    second-person singular present indicative begǣst
    second-person singular past indicative beēodest
    third-person singular present indicative begǣþ
    third-person singular past indicative beēode
  4. 4

    oferfaran

    score 6

    verb · strong class VI · 16 inflected forms

    traverse — to go off, pass or cross something, go or pass through, penetrate, traverse

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative oferfare
    first-person singular past indicative oferfōr
    second-person singular present indicative oferfærest, oferfærst
    second-person singular past indicative oferfōre
    third-person singular present indicative oferfæreþ, oferfærþ
    third-person singular past indicative oferfōr
  5. 5

    þurhfaran

    score 6

    verb · strong class VI · 16 inflected forms

    traverse — to go over, traverse, go through; fare through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative þurhfare
    first-person singular past indicative þurhfōr
    second-person singular present indicative þurhfærest, þurhfærst
    second-person singular past indicative þurhfōre
    third-person singular present indicative þurhfæreþ, þurhfærþ
    third-person singular past indicative þurhfōr
  6. 6

    geondferan

    score 6

    verb · weak class 1 · 16 inflected forms

    traverse — to travel through, traverse

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġeondfēre
    first-person singular past indicative ġeondfērde
    second-person singular present indicative ġeondfērest, ġeondfērst
    second-person singular past indicative ġeondfērdest
    third-person singular present indicative ġeondfēreþ, ġeondfērþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġeondfērde
  7. 7

    geondscriþan

    score 6

    verb · strong class I · 13 inflected forms

    traverse — to go through or about; to traverse

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġeondsċrīþe
    first-person singular past indicative ġeondsċrāþ
    second-person singular present indicative ġeondsċrīst
    second-person singular past indicative ġeondsċride
    third-person singular present indicative ġeondsċrīþþ, ġeondsċrīþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġeondsċrāþ
  8. 8

    geondhweorfan

    score 6

    verb · strong class III · 14 inflected forms

    traverse — to turn or pass through, traverse

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ġeondhweorfe
    first-person singular past indicative ġeondhwearf
    second-person singular present indicative ġeondhweorfest
    second-person singular past indicative ġeondhwurfe
    third-person singular present indicative ġeondhweorfeþ
    third-person singular past indicative ġeondhwearf
  9. 9

    ofergan

    score 3

    verb · 11 inflected forms

    traverse — to overspread, overrun, conquer, be over anything, come upon, attack; onfall

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ofergā
    first-person singular past indicative oferēode
    second-person singular present indicative ofergǣst
    second-person singular past indicative oferēodest
    third-person singular present indicative ofergǣþ
    third-person singular past indicative oferēode
  10. 10

    oferferan

    score 3

    verb · weak class 1 · 16 inflected forms

    traverse — to pass through, pass over

    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative oferfēre
    first-person singular past indicative oferfērde
    second-person singular present indicative oferfērest, oferfērst
    second-person singular past indicative oferfērdest
    third-person singular present indicative oferfēreþ, oferfērþ
    third-person singular past indicative oferfērde

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “traverse” 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 “traverse”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.

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