Modern English → Old English
Old English word for whisper
5 headwords match “whisper”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; hwisprian ranks first.
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whisper — to whisper
- 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 hwispriġe first-person singular past indicative hwisprode second-person singular present indicative hwisprast second-person singular past indicative hwisprodest third-person singular present indicative hwispraþ third-person singular past indicative hwisprode -
whisper — whisper; counsel; consultation
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular rūn genitive singular rūne dative singular rūne accusative singular rūne nominative plural rūna, rūne genitive plural rūna -
whisper — to whisper
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rūniġe first-person singular past indicative rūnode second-person singular present indicative rūnast second-person singular past indicative rūnodest third-person singular present indicative rūnaþ third-person singular past indicative rūnode -
whisper — to mutter, whisper
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative rēoniġe first-person singular past indicative rēonode second-person singular present indicative rēonast second-person singular past indicative rēonodest third-person singular present indicative rēonaþ third-person singular past indicative rēonode -
whisper — to mutter, whisper
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative fleswiġe first-person singular past indicative fleswode second-person singular present indicative fleswast second-person singular past indicative fleswodest third-person singular present indicative fleswaþ third-person singular past indicative fleswode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “whisper” 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?
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