Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ward
8 headwords match “ward”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 8 strongest follow; weard ranks first.
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ward — guard
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular weard genitive singular weardes dative singular wearde accusative singular weard nominative plural weardas genitive plural wearda -
ward — to guard, protect
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative weardiġe first-person singular past indicative weardode second-person singular present indicative weardast second-person singular past indicative weardodest third-person singular present indicative weardaþ third-person singular past indicative weardode -
ward — to ward off
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āwerie first-person singular past indicative āwerede second-person singular present indicative āwerest second-person singular past indicative āweredest third-person singular present indicative āwereþ third-person singular past indicative āwerede -
ward — to ward, keep, protect; shelter
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative beweardiġe first-person singular past indicative beweardode second-person singular present indicative beweardast second-person singular past indicative beweardodest third-person singular present indicative beweardaþ third-person singular past indicative beweardode -
ward — to beware
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wariġe first-person singular past indicative warode second-person singular present indicative warast second-person singular past indicative warodest third-person singular present indicative waraþ third-person singular past indicative warode -
ward — to take away, remove
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādō first-person singular past indicative ādyde second-person singular present indicative ādēst second-person singular past indicative ādydest third-person singular present indicative ādēþ third-person singular past indicative ādyde -
ward — to put to flight, disperse
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āflīeġe first-person singular past indicative āflīeġde second-person singular present indicative āflīeġest, āflīeġst second-person singular past indicative āflīeġdest third-person singular present indicative āflīeġeþ, āflīeġþ third-person singular past indicative āflīeġde -
ward — to keep, guard, preserve, protect
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bewariġe first-person singular past indicative bewarode second-person singular present indicative bewarast second-person singular past indicative bewarodest third-person singular present indicative bewaraþ third-person singular past indicative bewarode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ward” 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 “ward”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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