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Old English word for upbraid

4 headwords match “upbraid”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; upbregdan ranks first.

  1. 1

    upbregdan

    score 17

    verb · strong class III · 15 inflected forms

    upbraid — to reproach, upbraid

    • 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 upbreġde
    first-person singular past indicative upbræġd, upbrǣd
    second-person singular present indicative upbreġdest
    second-person singular past indicative upbrugde
    third-person singular present indicative upbreġdeþ
    third-person singular past indicative upbræġd, upbrǣd
  2. 2

    ahyspan

    score 6

    verb · weak class 1 · 16 inflected forms

    upbraid — to rebuke, reproach, upbraid

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative āhyspe
    first-person singular past indicative āhyspte
    second-person singular present indicative āhyspest, āhyspst
    second-person singular past indicative āhysptest
    third-person singular present indicative āhyspeþ, āhyspþ
    third-person singular past indicative āhyspte
  3. 3

    ætwitan

    score 6

    verb · strong class I · 13 inflected forms

    upbraid — to reproach, blame, upbraid

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative ætwīte
    first-person singular past indicative ætwāt
    second-person singular present indicative ætwītst
    second-person singular past indicative ætwite
    third-person singular present indicative ætwītt, ætwīt
    third-person singular past indicative ætwāt
  4. 4

    forcweþan

    score 6

    verb · strong class V · 15 inflected forms

    upbraid — to rebuke, reprove, upbraid; berate; chide; scold (someone)

    • appears in the definition
    • has a full inflection table
    • verb: derivation noise is possible
    Paradigm summary
    first-person singular present indicative forcweþe
    first-person singular past indicative forcwæþ
    second-person singular present indicative forcwist
    second-person singular past indicative forcwǣde
    third-person singular present indicative forcwiþþ, forcwiþ
    third-person singular past indicative forcwæþ

How this ranking works

Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “upbraid” 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.

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