Modern English → Old English
Old English word for ail
4 headwords match “ail”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; egl ranks first.
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ail — mote
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular eġl genitive singular eġle dative singular eġle accusative singular eġle nominative plural eġla, eġle genitive plural eġla -
ail — to trouble, pain, vex, plague, ail, molest, afflict
- 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 eġle first-person singular past indicative eġlde, eġlede second-person singular present indicative eġlest second-person singular past indicative eġldest, eġledest third-person singular present indicative eġleþ third-person singular past indicative eġlde, eġlede -
ail — hideous; loathsome; hateful; horrid; troublesome; grievous; painful
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine eġle strong nominative singular feminine eġlu, eġlo strong nominative singular neuter eġle strong accusative singular masculine eġelne strong accusative singular feminine eġle strong accusative singular neuter eġle -
ail — to ail, be sick, languish
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ādliġe first-person singular past indicative ādlode second-person singular present indicative ādlast second-person singular past indicative ādlodest third-person singular present indicative ādlaþ third-person singular past indicative ādlode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “ail” 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 “ail”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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