Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ware
5 headwords match “ware”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; waru ranks first.
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ware — an article of merchandise, ware
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular waru genitive singular ware dative singular ware accusative singular ware nominative plural wara, ware genitive plural wara -
ware — to beware
- 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 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 -
ware — cautious, on guard, watching out for something (+genitive)
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wær strong nominative singular feminine waru, waro strong nominative singular neuter wær strong accusative singular masculine wærne strong accusative singular feminine ware strong accusative singular neuter wær -
ware — seaweed
- listed as an English descendant
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ware — custom, habit; practice
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular sidu genitive singular sida dative singular sida accusative singular sidu nominative plural sida genitive plural sida
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ware” 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 “ware”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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