Modern English → Old English
Old English word for wise
5 headwords match “wise”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; wis ranks first.
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wise — wise
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wīs strong nominative singular feminine wīs strong nominative singular neuter wīs strong accusative singular masculine wīsne strong accusative singular feminine wīse strong accusative singular neuter wīs -
wise — wise, experienced
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine frōd strong nominative singular feminine frōd strong nominative singular neuter frōd strong accusative singular masculine frōdne strong accusative singular feminine frōde strong accusative singular neuter frōd -
wise — wise, prudent
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine glēaw strong nominative singular feminine glēaw strong nominative singular neuter glēaw strong accusative singular masculine glēawne strong accusative singular feminine glēawe strong accusative singular neuter glēaw -
wise — wise, prudent, sagacious
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine wīslīċ strong nominative singular feminine wīslīċ, wīslīċu, wīslīċo strong nominative singular neuter wīslīċ strong accusative singular masculine wīslīcne strong accusative singular feminine wīslīċe strong accusative singular neuter wīslīċ -
wise — wise, wary, astute
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine glēawlīċ strong nominative singular feminine glēawlīċ, glēawlīċu, glēawlīċo strong nominative singular neuter glēawlīċ strong accusative singular masculine glēawlīcne strong accusative singular feminine glēawlīċe strong accusative singular neuter glēawlīċ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “wise” 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 “wise”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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