Modern English → Old English
Old English word for weep
5 headwords match “weep”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wepan ranks first.
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weep — to weep
- 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 wēpe first-person singular past indicative wēop second-person singular present indicative wēpst second-person singular past indicative wēope third-person singular present indicative wēpþ third-person singular past indicative wēop -
weep — to weep, cry
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative grǣte first-person singular past indicative grēt second-person singular present indicative grǣtst second-person singular past indicative grēte third-person singular present indicative grǣtt, grǣt third-person singular past indicative grēt -
weep — to weep, lament
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġewēpe first-person singular past indicative ġewēop second-person singular present indicative ġewēpst second-person singular past indicative ġewēope third-person singular present indicative ġewēpþ third-person singular past indicative ġewēop -
weep — to weep, weep over or about, bewail, beweep
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative bewēpe first-person singular past indicative bewēop second-person singular present indicative bewēpst second-person singular past indicative bewēope third-person singular present indicative bewēpþ third-person singular past indicative bewēop -
weep — to weep, cry, shed tears
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative grēote first-person singular past indicative grēat second-person singular present indicative grīetst second-person singular past indicative grute third-person singular present indicative grīett, grīet third-person singular past indicative grēat
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “weep” 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 “weep”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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