Modern English → Old English
Old English word for would
4 headwords match “would”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 4 strongest follow; unwilla ranks first.
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would — displeasure
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unwilla genitive singular unwillan dative singular unwillan accusative singular unwillan nominative plural unwillan genitive plural unwillena -
would — ill-will, anger, displeasure, an unpleasing act, an offense or annoyance
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unþanc genitive singular unþances dative singular unþance accusative singular unþanc nominative plural unþancas genitive plural unþanca -
would — to want, desire
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative wille first-person singular past indicative wolde second-person singular present indicative wilt second-person singular past indicative woldest third-person singular present indicative wile third-person singular past indicative wolde -
would — one, you (indefinite pronoun; construed as a third-person singular)
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular man genitive singular manes dative singular men accusative singular man nominative plural men genitive plural mana
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “would” 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 “would”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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