Modern English → Old English
Old English word for worthless
5 headwords match “worthless”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; weorþleas ranks first.
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worthless — worthless, of no worth or value
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine weorþlēas strong nominative singular feminine weorþlēas strong nominative singular neuter weorþlēas strong accusative singular masculine weorþlēasne strong accusative singular feminine weorþlēase strong accusative singular neuter weorþlēas -
worthless — a degenerate or worthless person
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine āworden strong nominative singular feminine āwordenu, āwordnu, āwordeno, āwordno strong nominative singular neuter āworden strong accusative singular masculine āwordenne strong accusative singular feminine āwordene, āwordne strong accusative singular neuter āworden -
worthless — of no value, worthless, contemptible
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine unweorþ strong nominative singular feminine unweorþ strong nominative singular neuter unweorþ strong accusative singular masculine unweorþne strong accusative singular feminine unweorþe strong accusative singular neuter unweorþ -
worthless — empty, void; bereft
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine īdel strong nominative singular feminine īdelu, īdlu, īdelo, īdlo strong nominative singular neuter īdel strong accusative singular masculine īdelne strong accusative singular feminine īdele, īdle strong accusative singular neuter īdel -
worthless — false
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine lēas strong nominative singular feminine lēas strong nominative singular neuter lēas strong accusative singular masculine lēasne strong accusative singular feminine lēase strong accusative singular neuter lēas
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “worthless” 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 “worthless”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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